There are no straightforward steps a psychologist can use to determine whether or not a patient is of sound mind when presenting a case in the Queensland Legal System under the code. ... He was suffering severe depression with evidence of brain damage and a clinical diagnosis of abnormal personality disorder yet they declared him of sound mind. ... It is not only the Queensland Criminal Code act which falls short on guiding principle regarding mental illness and mentally ill offenders. ... He was tried as a being of sound mind at the time of the incident. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For decades, large numbers of individuals have been prompted to move to the United States due to threatening or emergency circumstances in their countries of origin. Some of these events have induced vulnerability due to civil wars, political transformations, riots, "ethnic cleansing" campaigns, rap...

• Word Count: 2537
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The experience of major depression is not solely a personal event especially when discussing young children- families are affected, school life is effected and certainly young children do not understand why it is they are feeling the way they are. When the sufferer is a child, the family is ultimate...

• Word Count: 2968
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate