Tort Liability of the Mentally Ill and Mentally Deficient

The civil liability for damages of the criminally insane.

As a rule, mentally ill patients are held to be responsible for their acts just like everyone else. Notwithstanding, the law in Israel contains special rules which distinguish individuals with mental illness from other people. The instructions laid out in article 34h of the Israeli Penal Law empower the court to release a defendant from criminal responsibility. To do this the following criteria...

وضعیت بهداشت جنسی بیماران روانی زن

 Introduction and Aim: Sexual health of mentally ill women is of great importance due to personal and common health issues (both physically and mentally) mentally ill women faced to. The main purpose of the present study was to describe sexual health status among mentally ill women admitted to Razi psychiatric hospital, Tehran, during the years 2001-2003. Materials and Methods: This was a descr...

Asking the impossible: the negligence liability of the mentally ill.

دیدگاه‌های روانپزشکان شهر تهران درباره‌ی قوانین بهداشت روان در ایران

 AbstractObjectives: The aim of this project was to appraise the perspectives of Tehran psychiatrists on exist- ing mental health laws. Method: A questionnaire was provided either via mail or in person to 312 psychiatrists working in Tehran 160 of them responded. Data were analyzed by descriptive-statistical methods.Findings: Data obtained from the age groups of under and over 40 years old as w...

اثر تماس پرستاران با بیماران روانی بر نگرش آنان نسبت به بیماری روانی

B a c kgro u n d: Contact theory has been mentioned for years. Can it effect peoples' attitude a question to be answered. Objective: To determine nurses' attitude toward mental illness with different levels of contact with mentally ill people. Design: This was a correlational study. Using a two part questionnair data were collected about contact level and attitude of a group of nurses. Sample: ...