partial insanity

  • 1partial insanity — par·tial insanity n: diminished capacity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 2partial insanity — A condition of mind characterized by some derangement. A condition wherein the mind is haunted or weakened, but is not entirely incapable of remembering, reasoning or judging. State v Jones, 50 NH 369. Another term for insane delusion. 21 Am J2d… …

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  • 3Insanity — • The dividing line between sanity and insanity, like the line that distinguishes a man of average height from a tall man, can be described only in terms of a moral estimate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Insanity     Insanity …

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  • 4partial incapacity — See partial disability; partial insanity …

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  • 5Insanity defense — For similar defences in Canada and Australia, see mental disorder defence …

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  • 6Moral insanity — (Latin mania sine delirio; French folie raisonnante or folie lucide raisonnante, monomanie affective; German Moralisches Irresein[1]) is a medical diagnosis first described by the French humanitarian and psychiatrist Philippe Pinel in 1806.[2]… …

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  • 7general insanity — An expression sometimes used in distinguishing partial insanity and illusion from insanity generally. Reeves v State, 196 Ga 604, 27 SE2d 375. Madness on all subjects. National Life & Acci. Ins. Co. v Hannon, 214 Ala 663, 666, 108 So 575 …

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  • 8Paranoia —    (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.)    Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… …

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  • 9Psychosis: Emergence of Concepts —    (See also Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States [from 1909]; Paranoia; Paraphrenia; Positive vs. Negative Symptoms; Schizophrenia: Emergence; Unitary Psychosis.)    In medicine, psychosis can mean (1) loss of contact with reality, in… …

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  • 10Depression: Emergence —    The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… …

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