Mental illness and offending

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What does the MHA consider mental disorders to include?
Personality disorders, eating disorders, autism, autism, mental illnesses and learning disabilities
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What does the DSM V consider mental illness (Axes)?
Clinical axis (acute symptoms requiring specific treatment e.g. scz) or personality disorders (lifelong problems which first arise in childhood e.g. ASPD)
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What is the M'Naghten rule and its relevance to mental illness in law?
Refers to instruction in a jury in a criminal case where the accused can be charged with guilty but insane or not guilty by reason of insanity, and they serve less jail time or get treated
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Simone et al hypothesised in which 2000 year what percentage of the population has schizophrenia?
In 2015 they believed less than 1% of the GP suffered with scz
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Within offending populations the prevalence of scz is approx __% according to whom?
6%, shaw et al, 2006
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Which study in 2002 compared violent crime of scz population compared to GP, what did they find?
Fazel & Danesh, 2002 found that 28% of scz had committed a violent crime compared to 5% of GP
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Intellectually disabled people are disproportionately convicted more for sexual offences according to whom?
Law et al, 2000
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Whats a potential reason those with low IQ could offend?
They could lack the socialisation to understand the rules that govern such issues like theft, sex or violence
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What are the three clusters of personality disorders?
Cluster A (Odd-eccentric) CLuster B (dramatic-erratic-emotional) and cluster C (anxious-fearful)
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___ % of male prisoners met the criteria for at least one personality disorder _________, 2008
72.9% Roberts et al
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What did Fazel and Grann, 2015 find?
Association between homocide and mental disorder particularly with scz, aspd and drug or alcohol abuse
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In order to prevent one stranger homocide, ______ patients with scz would need to be detained. According to whom?
35,000 Large et al (2001)
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Singleton, Meltzer & Gatward, found in which year what about prisoners and mental disorders?
High prevalence of mental disorder amongst prisoners, 90% of prisoners suffered one or more mental disorders
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