hearing, he is found to be suffering from a severe
mental disease, he
Earlier this month, judges agreed to re-examine the law on diminished responsibility after it was claimed too much emphasis is put on the need to establish
mental disease to the exclusion of other types of mental disorder.
The number of workers certified by the government as being eligible for compensation for
mental disease increased to 36 in fiscal 2000 from the previous year's 14, according to a government survey made available to Kyodo News on Tuesday.
The district court conducted a hearing in the absence of an inmate which ended in an order to involuntarily commit the inmate to a medical center for treatment of
mental disease and the inmate appealed.
I was finally diagnosed with MS after 4 years of being treated for a
mental disease, even though my MD knew of my prior history of "sudden inexplicable blindness in one eye" and recurrent optic neuritis.
They served, more seriously, as adjuncts to psychiatric treatment, for although they are in no sense a cure for any
mental disease, they do calm violent patients without the use of harsh physical restraints, and calm patients may then more easily cooperate with the psychiatrist.
But actually discovering ways to genetically "fix" or prevent
mental disease and disorders is still a long way off, Heston believes.
Fifty-three per cent of Pakistanis attribute
mental disease to possession of the patient by jinns and evil spirits.
Dementia is the general term for a
mental disease in a decline in mental ability, and severe interference
A significant number of victims said to be suffering
mental disease remain in jail.
Ventola lacked criminal responsibility for his alleged actions due to a
mental disease or defect will be based, in part, on statements the suspect made to Ronald Ebert of Braintree, a psychologist hired by Mr.
of Arizona) present 39 scientific research papers relevant to this idea, covering the health benefits of essential nutrients found in the wild; evidence from populations with high omega-6/3 fatty acid diets; and dietary prevention of cancer,
mental disease, macular degeneration, dental caries, and other conditions.
Court papers indicate Georgieva's defense attorney plans to argue that the woman suffered a
mental disease that contributed to her behavior that day.
The State of Washington has adopted the M'Naghten test and will find a defendant legally insane if the defendant can establish that as a result of
mental disease or defect the defendant was unable to perceive the nature and quality of the act or was unable to tell the difference between right and wrong with respect to the particular act charged.
Moussaoui's decision to waive his right to counsel may be the product of a
mental disease or defect rendering the decision involuntary." They cited "considerable evidence that Mr.
