Faculty & Research Published Research Research Health Policy Social Psychology (-) Ethics Facet Area of Focus - Research Ruth Gaare Bernheim Bala Mulloth Eileen Chou John Pepper (-) Richard Bonnie Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Ethics Essentials Of Public Health Ethics Authors: James Childress, Richard Bonnie, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, A. Melnick Learn more Published Research Ethics Should a Personality Disorder Qualify as a Mental Disease in Insanity Adjudication? Authors: Richard Bonnie The determinative issue in applying the insanity defense is whether the defendant experienced a legally relevant functional impairment at the time of the offense. Categorical exclusion of personality disorders from the definition of mental disease is clinically and morally arbitrary because it may lead to unfair conviction of a defendant with a personality disorder who actually experienced severe, legally relevant impairments at the time of the crime. Learn more
Published Research Ethics Essentials Of Public Health Ethics Authors: James Childress, Richard Bonnie, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, A. Melnick Learn more
Published Research Ethics Should a Personality Disorder Qualify as a Mental Disease in Insanity Adjudication? Authors: Richard Bonnie The determinative issue in applying the insanity defense is whether the defendant experienced a legally relevant functional impairment at the time of the offense. Categorical exclusion of personality disorders from the definition of mental disease is clinically and morally arbitrary because it may lead to unfair conviction of a defendant with a personality disorder who actually experienced severe, legally relevant impairments at the time of the crime. Learn more