Title
Commitment Determinations and Definition of Mental Disease
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Psychiatry; Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center
Publication Date
9-1-2013
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Law and Psychology | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology
Abstract
In United States v. Beatty, 642 F.3d 514 (6th Cir. 2011), the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to recognize antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) as a mental disease for the purposes of conditional release under the civil commitment statute according to Title 18 United States Code Service (18 U.S.C.S.) § 4243 (hospitalization of a person found not guilty by reason of insanity; 1984).
Source
Pivovarova, E. & Pinals, D. A. (2013). Commitment determinations and definition of mental disease. Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 41, 454-455.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and Law
Repository Citation
Pivovarova, Ekaterina and Pinals, Debra A., "Commitment Determinations and Definition of Mental Disease" (2013). Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center Publications and Presentations. 677.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_cmhsr/677
