Commentary: responsibility and insurance coverage of the mentally ill.
نویسنده
چکیده
Should criminal law principles be applied to life insurance claims made by the beneficiaries of an insured person who commits suicide? Any discussion of the criminal law and the M'Naghten test of criminal responsibility, as sometimes used by the courts and recommended by the authors, obfuscates the resolution of contemporary issues.
منابع مشابه
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...
متن کاملFactors Associated with Enrolment of Households in Nepal’s National Health Insurance Program
Background Nepal has made remarkable efforts towards social health protection over the past several years. In 2016, the Government of Nepal introduced a National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) with an aim to ensure equitable and universal access to healthcare by all Nepalese citizens. Following the first year of operation, the scheme has covered 5 percent of its target population. There ...
متن کاملHealth care discrimination against the mentally ill--a comparison of private health insurance benefits for major depressive disorder and ischaemic heart disease in South Africa.
821 Discrimination against the mentally ill dates back to antiquity. In classical Greece, people with mental illness were not allowed to walk the streets of the city, and their families were fined if they failed to control them. In the Middle Ages, many of the mentally ill were branded as witches or ‘treated’ by means of starving, flogging and chains. In the first half of the previous century t...
متن کاملCommentary: implications for assessment and treatment of addictive and mentally disordered offenders entering prisons.
In this commentary, we discuss the main findings of the research study by Gunter et al., "The Frequency of Mental Health and Addictive Disorders Among 320 Men and Women Entering the Iowa Prison System: Use of the MINI-PLUS." This commentary provides an overview on the use of standardized assessments with prison populations; prevalence rates of mental and addictive disorders within prisons; subs...
متن کاملCommentary: Mental Health and Immigrant Detainees in the United States.
In this commentary, we reflect on Korngold and colleagues' comprehensive review of the legal challenges encountered by mentally ill immigrant detainees in the United States. Specifically, we further review the competency question as it relates to detainees, as well as recent developments in the legal system. We expand the discussion to general treatment and care of mentally ill detainees in Uni...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
دوره 33 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005