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Which mental illnesses are not reasonable defenses to criminal acts?
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There is divided opinion between most people in the legal and medical professions.
For example :-
In cases of auditory command hallucinations being suffered by somebody with schizoprenia, bipolar - mania or psychotic depression, there are numerous cases where previously law-abiding, moralistic people have been coerced by the orders given by the voice. Those people, due to their mental health condition, cannot resist carrying out the deed even though at the time they may be fully aware of the rights and wrongs.
Despite the fact that in many jurisdictions there are four major mental illnesses outlined in the sentencing guidelines-schizophrenia, bipolar, depression and borderline personality disorder, generally when it comes to pretrial - did the person know the nature of the act - only with schizophrenia, unless the person is bipolar in a psychotic state, or so severely depressed in a psychotic state, do they have a chance of meeting the M'Naghten defense criteria.
Effectively there is little mental illness defense for persons with a mental disorder other than schizophrenia, no matter how powerfully their illness held sway over their actions-no matter how much it controlled their volition. In some jurisdictions there is no diminished-capacity defense, there is no way for a person with bipolar to realistically get a defense that will take into account his or her mental illness, despite the fact that it may have actually caused the offense.
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