Mental Illness and Popular Culture
Describe a movie that you have seen that a person had some kind of mental illness. How did you know that the person had a mental illness, and if you can remember (now we have google and you can look it up), what mental illness did the character had.
Psychological Disorders
Every week there is a crime committed either locally, regionally, or nationally. Every week, a crime is committed somewhere in the city, the region, or the country. As explained in Chapter 12, “insanity” is a legal term for figuring out if a person is fit to stand trial for a crime they have done. As described in Chapter 12, insanity is a legal term that determines a person’s competency in standing trial for a crime they have committed. Do you think we use mental illness as a justification for criminal activity, or is it not used enough?
