Meaning of mental-disordered | Babel Free

Definitions

Having a mental disorder.

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Examples

““That’s a powerful statement – that there is no explanation for this type of violence. This is the mental-disordered perspective – investigators try to explain this bombing as psychopathic, narcissistic personalities who are simply doing this for media attention. If you say these people are a bunch of crazies running around, it obviates any necessity to understand the political motivations of individuals or to understand what effect the political situation may have in terms of motivating their behavior.””

“Nowadays, as a result of rulings that a commitment of an insanity acquittee is to be based on the criteria of civil commitment, there is an increasing tendency to have several charges in mental-disordered offender cases, so that acquittal (by reason of NGRI) on one charge and a verdict of guilty of another charge (not requiring specific intent) can result in imprisonment after release from the hospital.”

“Whatever self-help group to which the counselor refers the dual-disordered client, spots of difficulty, such as those just stated, need to be anticipated through an acquaintance of the steps or guidelines for the program. For example, some excellent samples of modified 12-step work for schizophrenic/organic mental-disordered, manic-depressive, borderline, and antisocial clients are provided by K. Evans and Sullivan (2001).”

“Other objections may be raised to the provisions that regulate the management of the mental-disordered patient in the UK.”

“Community Reentry for Mental-Disordered Ex-Offenders”

“When it comes to assessing dangerousness, the large number of drunks responsible for road traffic accidents and domestic violence are recorded daily by the police. But the salience of their dangerousness is much less than that of mental-disordered offenders.”

“Still the empty-headed Democrats of the liberal ink squawk that the war is lasting too long. I am convinced that the mental-disordered liberals are the defeatist party.”

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