title: Irresistible impulse: legal viewpoint.
abstract: The legal point of view concerning irresistible impulse as an exemption from criminal liability is discussed. A defendant who pleads that at the time of committing an illegal act he was suffering from a mental disease must prove to the court that his version is the most possible one.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borichansky
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D007557:Israel