Euthanizing the So-called Mentally Ill – Not Just a Flippant Remark by a Political Commentator about homeless people…It’s A Reality

September 15, 2025September 16, 2025 moraljustice2016 anxiety, Competency Restoration, criminalization of mental illness, Death Penalty, depression, Forensic Psychiatry, health, mental health, Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, schizophrenia

When we use the term "mental illness", not brain illness, do we put our patients in harm's way? .........Drs Mary Baker and Matthew Menken Baker and Menken challenged their colleagues in the medical profession with this question in an article titled "Time to Abandon the Term Mental Illness" - published in the British Medical Journal, … Continue reading Euthanizing the So-called Mentally Ill – Not Just a Flippant Remark by a Political Commentator about homeless people…It’s A Reality

ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 moraljustice2016 criminalization of mental illness, Forensic Psychiatry, Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, schizophrenia

Advocates often describe anosognosia as someone who is so sick, that they don't know they are sick. That's an inadequate description of the condition because it does a disservice to those who commit acts of harm toward others because of the condition. What does it mean for a person to "know they are sick" in … Continue reading ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)

Students of Forensic Psychiatry See SMI Up Close.

May 11, 2017May 12, 2017 moraljustice2016 criminalization of mental illness, Forensic Psychiatry, Mental Illness

Today, a link is added to this blog page to an article published on the News and Events page of Lander College for Men. Link to article: Seeing SMI Up Close Enlightening to Forensic Psy Students DJP especially appreciates the comments of a student who remarks about how seeing the inside of the criminal justice system opened … Continue reading Students of Forensic Psychiatry See SMI Up Close.