Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report
Objective: This paper aims to discuss the issue related to the application of temporary insanity plea through a case report of a man who was earlier certified as mentally sound following a murder and suicide attempt. Methods: We report a man who committed murder and attempted suicide 7 years ago, h...
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| author | Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim Yahya , Badi’ah Abu Bakar , Abdul Kadir |
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This paper aims to discuss the issue related to the application of temporary insanity plea through a case report of a man who was earlier certified as mentally sound following a murder and suicide attempt. Methods: We report a man who committed murder and attempted suicide 7 years ago, had a psychiatric certification of not having mental illness and recently requested for a second psychiatric assessment. The factors taken into consideration in arriving at the final diagnosis are discussed.
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The man was found to have brief psychotic disorder precipitated by psychological blow and sleep deprivation with underlying undiagnosed borderline mental retardation.Conclusion: In assessing patient with temporary insanity plea, various areas in the history need to be explored deeply with thorough investigations to be done in order to arrive at a fair conclusion for the patient’s and victim’s sake. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.12(1): Jan – June 2011: 117-121
Keywords: Temporary insanity, mental retardation, sleeps deprivation, brief psychotic disorder, automatism |
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| spelling | iium-358172014-03-09T05:01:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35817/ Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim Yahya , Badi’ah Abu Bakar , Abdul Kadir RA Public aspects of medicine RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Objective: This paper aims to discuss the issue related to the application of temporary insanity plea through a case report of a man who was earlier certified as mentally sound following a murder and suicide attempt. Methods: We report a man who committed murder and attempted suicide 7 years ago, had a psychiatric certification of not having mental illness and recently requested for a second psychiatric assessment. The factors taken into consideration in arriving at the final diagnosis are discussed. Results: The man was found to have brief psychotic disorder precipitated by psychological blow and sleep deprivation with underlying undiagnosed borderline mental retardation.Conclusion: In assessing patient with temporary insanity plea, various areas in the history need to be explored deeply with thorough investigations to be done in order to arrive at a fair conclusion for the patient’s and victim’s sake. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.12(1): Jan – June 2011: 117-121 Keywords: Temporary insanity, mental retardation, sleeps deprivation, brief psychotic disorder, automatism ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2011 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35817/1/CaseReport.pdf Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim and Yahya , Badi’ah and Abu Bakar , Abdul Kadir (2011) Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report. Second Opinion On Insanity Plea In A Murder And Attempted Suicide Case: A Case Report, 12 (1). pp. 117-121. ISSN 1876-2018 http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/pdf/CaseReport.pdf |
| spellingShingle | RA Public aspects of medicine RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim Yahya , Badi’ah Abu Bakar , Abdul Kadir Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report |
| title | Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report |
| title_full | Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report |
| title_short | Second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: A case report |
| title_sort | second opinion on insanity plea in a murder and attempted suicide case: a case report |
| topic | RA Public aspects of medicine RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/35817/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35817/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35817/1/CaseReport.pdf |