Irresistible impulse: psychiatric viewpoint.
The responses of the psychiatric profession to the legal criteria applied to irresistible impulse in cases of psychotic offenders are examined. An illustrative case, and its legal consequences, support the desirability of the psychiatric approach.
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D007557:Israel; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*