title: The insanity defence.
abstract: The recent A.P.A. Statement on the Insanity Defence is a document important to all psychiatrists and medicolegal professionals in North America. Its contents are reviewed and contrasted with current Canadian practice on the insanity defence, as well as the proposals of the Mental Disorder Project of the Canadian Department of Justice. The American Psychiatric Association's proposal on the definition of mental disorder is contrasted with the current practice. It is also suggested that the proposal of the Mental Disorder Project to change the disposition of insanity acquittees will lead to difficulties similar to those which provoked the current crisis in the United States.
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002170:Canada; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011570:Psychiatry; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States