The _____ rule uses these two criteria to establish insanity: the person did not

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The _____ rule uses these two criteria to establish insanity: the person did not understand what he or she was doing and (2) could not tell right from wrong. To be judged ____ to stand trial a person should be able to assist in his or her defense (that is, consult with lawyers about the case), as well as have an awareness of the circumstances and a factual understanding of the proceedings (that is, who the judge and jury are and what their roles are). The abbreviation for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) is ___. The course of a disorder along with its likely outcome is called the ____ ____. When the expectations about a person actually induce the behavior expected, it is called a/an ____. A diagnosis of ____ is applicable when a person feels anxious about so many things that it is hard to pin down a specific source or cause to his or her anxiety. He or she has felt this way for at least six

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1."M'Naghten rule"

The "M'Naghten rule" created a presumption of sanity, unless the defense proved "at the time of committing the act, the accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing or, if he did know it, that he did not know what he was doing was wrong."
The M'Naghten rule is standard for insanity in almost half of the states of US and UK.

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