Essays about: "psychiatry"

Showing result 36 - 37 of 37 essays containing the word psychiatry.

  1. 36. Diagnosing Psychopathy : The Role of Psychopathy in the Swedish Correctional System

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Ricard A R Nilsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Psychopathy; psychopathic diagnosis; treatment; recidivism; correctional system;

    Abstract : This study investigates if there is a scientific consensus among experts in regard to diagnosing psychopathy, treatment of psychopaths, and if psychopathy is a reliable/valid predictor for recidivism. These results have been compared to how psychopathic diagnoses’ are used within the Swedish correctional system. READ MORE

  3. 37. Mad or Bad- Criminal Responsibility and Mental Disorder

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Rosengren; [2005]
    Keywords : Allmän rättslära; Komparativ rätt; Straffrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis of five cases, in which criminal responsibility and mental disorder were in issue. Andrea Yates drowned her five children. John W. Hinckley Jr shot and injured President Ronald Reagan. READ MORE