Finding Other Catholic Virgins?

[Winchester]

Okay, when does Rod Serling show up?

[Selah]

 

This will be the last time I reply to a post about the mental illness issue.  I have had horrible experiences with these people and I have personally had enough.  I do not care if they aren't all like that.  I don't care if they are nice most of the time.  It's my life, I get to call the shots, and that's something I would like to stay away from for my personal health

 

 

 

 

d'awwwww did I hit a nerve? 

 

I'm just saying. Post partum depression. For your own sake, look it up, and learn it.

[Era Might]

Okay, when does Rod Serling show up?

 

He's dead. All those cigarettes he smoked on-air.

[Selah]

You know we won't be talking about this for long. We're getting pretty close to page 50, and that's the cut off.

 

Get in your male misogynist hymen-breaking rage while you still can!

 

 

He's dead. All those cigarettes he smoked on-air.

 

uhhhh I don't think he was smoking air :|

[Era Might]

I like to think that I am more valuable and on a higher tier in the world than some junkie under a bridge who is shooting up his drug of choice.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UB8TCRUd9rA

[Era Might]

You know we won't be talking about this for long. We're getting pretty close to page 50, and that's the cut off.

 

Really? Are there thread limits now?

[Sister Marie]

Actually, a lot of people did try to do exactly that.  When I started the thread, a lot of people were telling me I should consider a virgin for reasons X, Y, and Z, even though that is not the type of person I wish to marry.

 

If you think that most white people are that open to inter-racial relations, then please explain why most marriages are not inter-racial?  I have heard a lot of middle class people talk about it before.  This isn't something they talk about right away, but I have heard numerous white people mention that they don't want to live in black/hispanic areas because they are ghetto and have high crime.  Even the real estate agents my parents talked to had similar sentiments.  And I do not live in the deep south.  I live in Eastern pennsylvania, in a more structurally developed and liberal area.  Ever heard of white flight?

 

Lol, if you knew me in real life you would have an accurate reflection of who I am.  I am not a violent person and I am not a gangster covered in tattoos.  You have a distorted perception because this thread focuses on a very narrow aspect of my life.  I agree that from a 3rd person perspective, I do come off as incredibly greedy in this thread.  That is because you have nothing but text and you can't hear me speak about the topic, hear my tone of voice, or get any visual feedback from my face.

 

Lol, if you disagree with what I said, then challenge my ideas using logic, not "Oh he doesn't agree, he's mentally ill."  On CAF when I was talking to people about marriage, the people there acknowledged that there really isn't any financial incentive behind marriage for the man.  Of course, I had to grill them about it to make the truth come out.  But the end result of that thread was that the only real reason behind marriage is to honor god and follow his rules, nothing else.  Do you think I'm the only guy who feels this way?  In my workplace, there are guys who are in their early 30s and they expressed similar views about marriage being legally undesirable for a male with the way the court system is now.  There is a trend of more men turning away from marriage and just living with their girlfriends.  You need to look at it from the perspective of a young guy who is getting out of college.  I'm coming from the direction that says "If I'm going to play it according to the traditional rule book, then I want someone who is doing the same.  If a girl had vaginal sex and then wants to play the traditionalist game, then she has to play with other reformed non-virgins because she doesn't have her virginity to offer to a guy who actually did not penetrate any girls."  I understand that this is not how the clergy may think.  But this is the way that most common people think, everyday catholics, jews, agnostics, etc.  People are hierarchical by nature and it is normal for a person to have a general ballpark idea of people who they are better than and people who they are worse than.  That is just human nature.  I like to think that I am more valuable and on a higher tier in the world than some junkie under a bridge who is shooting up his drug of choice.

 

Also, how am I not a productive member of society?  I am working a full time job that is legal and does not involve selling drugs.  I don't have corpses of rival gang members buried in my back yard.  Perhaps I missed something.....

 

 

This will be the last time I reply to a post about the mental illness issue.  I have had horrible experiences with these people and I have personally had enough.  I do not care if they aren't all like that.  I don't care if they are nice most of the time.  It's my life, I get to call the shots, and that's something I would like to stay away from for my personal health.

 

 

You need serious help.  I've already addressed all of this.  Does the fact that every woman on this thread is disgusted in you get anything through to your brain??  Not even uninterested but generally disgusted in you.

 

I have two tattoos... I'm not a gangster.  I'm a sister... and I live in inner city Philadelphia... and I haven't met anyone as scary as you.  Seriously, your comments are EXACTLY the way men who abuse and rape women justify their actions because you know what... its all about YOU and your needs and your desires and your wants and what you deserve and what you worked for...!!!

 

I hoped you would be a participating member of society by turning from the unhealthy and disgusting views about race, sexuality, and humanity that you are spewing everywhere but now I just hope that no woman gets involved with you.  You need to get over whatever happened to you as a child and in your family - in therapy.

 

I will continue to pray for you because you obviously have no idea of what love is.  It is sad that you have never experienced what true love is like and I feel so sorry for you.  I just hope you don't hurt a woman before you figure out that your perspective is distorted, dangerous, and wrong.  We are all broken, but your brokenness is showing big time right now.  I'm broken too but I've been blessed enough to know LOVE!  

 

You may think you are a big tough man talking about "I WANT WHAT I WANT!" or about broadcasting your perverse sexual desires all over the internet (because you know we all know that this isn't about virtue its about your "intense desire" to have sex with a virgin).  Really though I see an insecure, emotionally unstable, and immature young man who has never experienced love and doesn't understand anything about sex and relationships trying desperately to make himself more important than he actually is.  

 

You may "LOL" all you want at me (which is rude by the way... maybe learn some manners) but you aren't going to find any respectable woman who will give you the time of day.  Any woman who would give a man like you any of her time, is one you wouldn't want because she would have to have a serious mental illness to even talk to you.  You aren't bothering me by being a sexist pervert.  Evil is present all over.  I just hope for your sake you are able to find love and goodness before you act on anything you have written here.

[Selah]

I like to think that I am more valuable and on a higher tier in the world than some junkie under a bridge who is shooting up his drug of choice.

 

 

You're one of the beautiful people

 

 

Really? Are there thread limits now?

 

 

Yesh

[Sister Marie]

Oh yeah... and you and the drug addict are completely equal... its called the Gospel... you might want to read it.

 

And knowing a few drug addicts, I'd rather spend time with them than with someone like you - not because they are better but because they are certainly more pleasant.

 

 

Edited because I didn't want P to think that I was putting him beneath anyone... that wouldn't be the Gospel either!

Edited July 24, 2013 by Sister Marie

[Selah]

Oh yeah... and you and the drug addict are completely equal... its called the Gospel... you might want to read it.

 

LAWD I THANK THEE TAHT I AM NOT LIEK DAT WEIRD BROWN PURSIN WIT DA WEED UNDA ABRIDGE AND STUFFS

Edited July 24, 2013 by Selah

[Norseman82]

Absolutely ludicrous? You have no idea how real life can get, my virgin friend.

 

You missed the point. And I don't think you much care to listen.

 

Sorry, again, for getting involved, against my better instinct. I need to shut my mouth now before I say something really unkind.

 

As someone who lost his immediate family before entering high school and can still remember the feel of the scabs on my mom's head balded by chemotherapy when I was helping her wash it when I was in grade school, I know far better than probably all the people on this board combined how hard and real life can get, sonny.

 

We all know life can get hard.  Certain things can't be predicted or avoided (like a future sudden illness or accident or injury), while others can (like behaving one's self so one doesn't end up in jail).  So, with all the things in life that cause tension, if a person like Polskiserce identifies something that will cause tension in his marriage, the seeking to avoid it is not a sign of not being able to handle tension, but rather a prudent step to not take on more tension than he knows he can handle, that way when other tensions occur in life there will be one less to overburden him with. 

 

It's actually very smart on his part, and I commend him for it. 

[Lil Red]

LAWD I THANK THEE TAHT I AM NOT LIEK DAT WEIRD BROWN PURSIN WIT DA WEED UNDA ABRIDGE AND STUFFS

 

totally lol'd at this in real life. :hehe: 

[Winchester]

You know we won't be talking about this for long. We're getting pretty close to page 50, and that's the cut off.

 

 

Oh realli?

 

Insanity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Engraving of the eighth print of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress depicting Inmates at Bedlam Asylum

Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations ofsocietal norms, including a person becoming a danger to themselves or others, though not all such acts are considered insanity. In modern usage insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favor of diagnoses of specific mental disorders; the presence of delusions or hallucinations is broadly referred to as psychosis.^[1] When discussing mental illness in general terms, "psychopathology" is considered a preferred descriptor.^[2]

In English, the word "sane" derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning "healthy". The phrase "mens sana in corpore sano" is often translated to mean a "healthy mind in a healthy body". From this perspective, insanity can be considered as poor health of the mind, not necessarily of the brain as an organ (although that can affect mental health), but rather refers to defective function of mental processes such as reasoning. Another Latin phrase related to our current concept of sanity is "compos mentis" (lit. "of composed mind"), and a euphemistic term for insanity is "non compos mentis". In law, mens rea means having had criminal intent, or a guilty mind, when the act (actus reus) was committed.

A more informal use of the term insanity is to denote something considered highly unique, passionate or extreme, including in a positive sense. A notable example has been the use of the phrase 'insanely great' in the launch of the Apple Macintosh, subsequently also used to describe one of its developers.^[3][4] The term may also be used as an attempt to discredit or criticise particular ideas, beliefs, principals, desires, personal feelings, attitudes, or their proponents, such as in politics and religion.

Contents

• 1 Historical views and treatment
  • 1.1 In Ancient Israel
  • 1.2 Ancient Greece
  • 1.3 Ancient Rome
  • 1.4 From the Middle Ages forward
• 2 In medicine
• 3 Legal use of the term
• 4 Feigned insanity
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Historical views and treatment

Madness, the non-legal word for insanity, has been recognized throughout history in every known society. Primitive cultures turned to witch doctors or shamans to apply magic, herbal mixtures, or folk medicine to rid deranged persons of evil spirits or bizarre behavior, for example.^[5] Archaeologists have unearthed skulls (at least 7000 years old) that have small round holes bored in them using flint tools. It has been conjectured that the subject may have been thought to have been possessed by devils which the holes would allow to escape.^[6] However, more recent research on the historical practice of trepanation supports the hypothesis that this procedure was medical in nature and intended as means of treating cranial trauma.^[7]

In Ancient Israel

In ancient Israel it was held that disturbances of the mind or emotions were caused by "supernatural forces" or an angry God, as a punishment for sin or failure to follow the commandments. The Old Testament is replete with references to kings and commoners that go insane, and the Jewish prophets were thought to be psychologically abnormal because they acted in strange ways, departed markedly from the norm in appearance, and foretold of future events that few understood.^[8]

Ancient Greece

The Greeks replaced concepts of the supernatural with a secular view, believing that afflictions of the mind did not differ from diseases of the body. They saw mental and physical illness as a result of natural causes and an imbalance in bodily humors. Hippocrates frequently wrote that an excess of black bile resulted in irrational thinking and behavior.^[8]

Goya's Madhouse, 1812-1819

Ancient Rome

Romans made further contributions to psychiatry, in particular the precursor to contemporary practice. They put forth the idea that strong emotions could lead to bodily ailments, the basis of today’s theory of psychosomatic illness. The Romans also supported humane treatment of the mentally ill, and to support such codified into law the principle of insanity as a mitigation of responsibility for criminal acts,^[9] although the criterion for insanity was sharply set as the defendant had to be found "non compos mentis", a term meaning with "no power of mind".^[10]

From the Middle Ages forward

The Middle Ages, however, witnessed the end of the progressive ideas of the Greeks and Romans.

During the 18th century, the French and the British introduced humane treatment of the clinically insane,^[11] though the criteria for diagnosis and placement in an asylum were considerably looser than today, often including such conditions as Speech disorder, speech impediments, epilepsy and depression.

Europe's oldest asylum is the Bethlem Royal Hospital of London, also known as Bedlam, which began admitting the mentally ill in 1403. The first American asylum was built in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1773. Before the 19th century these hospitals were used to isolate the mentally ill or the socially ostracized from society rather than cure them or maintain their health. Pictures from this era portrayed patients bound with rope or chains, often to beds or walls, or restrained in straitjackets.

In medicine

Insanity is no longer considered a medical diagnosis but is a legal term in the United States, stemming from its original use in common law.^[12] The disorders formerly encompassed by the term covered a wide range of mental disorders now diagnosed as organic brain syndromes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychotic disorders.^[1]

Legal use of the term

Main article: Insanity defense

In United States criminal law, insanity may serve as an affirmative defense to criminal acts and thus does not need to negate an element of the prosecution's case such as general or specific intent.^[13] The States differ somewhat in their definition of insanity but most follow the guidelines of the Model Penal Code. All jurisdictions require a sanity evaluation to address the question first of whether or not the defendant has a mental illness.

Most courts accept a major mental illness such as psychosis but will not accept the diagnosis of a personality disorder for the purposes of an insanity defense. The second question is whether the mental illness interfered with the defendant's ability to distinguish right from wrong. That is, did the defendant know that the alleged behavior was against the law at the time the offense was committed.

Additionally, some jurisdictions add the question of whether or not the defendant was in control of their behavior at the time of the offense. For example, if the defendant was compelled by some aspect of their mental illness to commit the illegal act, the defendant could be evaluated as not in control of their behavior at the time of the offense.

The forensic mental health specialists submit their evaluations to the court. Since the question of sanity or insanity is a legal question and not a medical one, the judge and or jury will make the final decision regarding the defendant's status regarding an insanity defense.^[14][15]

In most jurisdictions within the United States, if the insanity plea is accepted, the defendant is committed to a psychiatric institution for at least 60 days for further evaluation, and then reevaluated at least yearly after that.

Insanity is generally no defense in a civil lawsuit. However, in civil cases, the insanity of the plaintiff can toll the statute of limitations for filing a suit until the plaintiff has recovered from this condition, or until astatute of repose has run.

Feigned insanity

Feigned insanity is the simulation of mental illness in order to avoid or lessen the consequences of a confrontation or conviction for an alleged crime. A number of treatises on medical jurisprudence were written during the nineteenth century, the most famous of which was Isaac Ray in 1838 (fifth edition 1871); others include Ryan (1832), Taylor (1845), Wharton and Stille (1855), Ordronaux (1869), Meymott (1882). The typical techniques as outlined in these works are the background for Dr. Neil S. Kaye's widely recognized guidelines that indicate an attempt to feign insanity.^[16]

One particularly famous example of someone feigning insanity was the case of Mafia boss Vincent Gigante, who pretended for years to be suffering from dementia, and was often seen wandering aimlessly around his neighborhood in his pajamas muttering to himself. However, testimony from informants and surveillance showed that Gigante was in full control of his faculties the whole time, and ruled over his Mafia family with an iron fist.^[17]

Today feigned insanity is considered malingering. In a 2005 court case, United States v. Binion, the defendant was prosecuted and convicted for obstruction of justice (adding to his original sentence) because he feigned insanity in a Competency to Stand Trial evaluation.

References

1. ^ ^a b L M Tierney, S J McPhee, M A Papadakis (2002). Current medical Diagnosis & Treatment. International edition. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill. pp. 1078–1086. ISBN 0-07-137688-7.
2. ^ An interview with Dr. Joseph Merlino, David Shankbone, Wikinews, October 5, 2007.
3. ^ why-the-macintosh-was-insanely-great
4. ^ Insanely great: A balanced portrait of a complicated and compelling man The Economist October 29, 2011
5. ^ Weinstein, Raymond M. (2007) "madness" in George Ritzer (ed.) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, 2007, pp. 2693-2695
6. ^ Porter, Roy (2002) Madness-A Brief History, Oxford University Press, 2002, p.10, ISBN 0-19-280266-6
7. ^ Andrushko, Valerie A.; Verano, John W. (1 September 2008). "Prehistoric trepanation in the Cuzco region of Peru: A view into an ancient Andean practice". American Journal of Physical Anthropology137 (1): 11–12. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20836.
8. ^ ^a b Weinstein 2007, p. 2693
9. ^ Craighead, W. Edward (2002). The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.John Wiley and Sons. p. 941. ISBN 0-471-27082-2.
10. ^ Robinson, Daniel N. (1995). An intellectual history of psychology. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 305.ISBN 0-299-14844-0.
11. ^ Scull, Andrew (1981). Madhouses, Mad-doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 105–116. ISBN 0-8122-7801-1.
12. ^ Tighe, Janet A. (2005). ""What’s in a Name?": A Brief Foray into the History of Insanity in England and the United States". Journal of the Academy of American Psychiatry and the Law 33 (2): 252. PMID 15985670. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
13. ^ Poortinga, Ernest; G (2007). "Criminal Responsibility and Intent -- Poortinga and Guyer 35 (1): 124 -- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online". Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online (www.jaapl.org) 35 (1): 124. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
14. ^ Shapiro, David L. (1991). Forensic Psychological Assessment: An Integrative Approach. Needham Heights, MA: Simon & Schuster. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-205-12521-2.
15. ^ Gary, Melton (1997). Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers (2nd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press. pp. 186–248. ISBN 1-57230-236-4.
16. ^ Neil S. Kaye M.D. "Feigned Insanity in Nineteenth Century America Legal Cases" (PDF).
17. ^ Selwyn, Rabb (19 December 2005). "Vincent Gigante, Mafia Leader Who Feigned Insanity, Dies at 77". New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2011.

External links

• Rosenhan, David L. "On Being Sane in Insane Places."

 

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Oh realli?

 

Insanity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Engraving of the eighth print of William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress depicting Inmates at Bedlam Asylum

Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity may manifest as violations ofsocietal norms, including a person becoming a danger to themselves or others, though not all such acts are considered insanity. In modern usage insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability, or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the medical profession the term is now avoided in favor of diagnoses of specific mental disorders; the presence of delusions or hallucinations is broadly referred to as psychosis.^[1] When discussing mental illness in general terms, "psychopathology" is considered a preferred descriptor.^[2]

In English, the word "sane" derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning "healthy". The phrase "mens sana in corpore sano" is often translated to mean a "healthy mind in a healthy body". From this perspective, insanity can be considered as poor health of the mind, not necessarily of the brain as an organ (although that can affect mental health), but rather refers to defective function of mental processes such as reasoning. Another Latin phrase related to our current concept of sanity is "compos mentis" (lit. "of composed mind"), and a euphemistic term for insanity is "non compos mentis". In law, mens rea means having had criminal intent, or a guilty mind, when the act (actus reus) was committed.

A more informal use of the term insanity is to denote something considered highly unique, passionate or extreme, including in a positive sense. A notable example has been the use of the phrase 'insanely great' in the launch of the Apple Macintosh, subsequently also used to describe one of its developers.^[3][4] The term may also be used as an attempt to discredit or criticise particular ideas, beliefs, principals, desires, personal feelings, attitudes, or their proponents, such as in politics and religion.

Contents

• 1 Historical views and treatment
  • 1.1 In Ancient Israel
  • 1.2 Ancient Greece
  • 1.3 Ancient Rome
  • 1.4 From the Middle Ages forward
• 2 In medicine
• 3 Legal use of the term
• 4 Feigned insanity
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Historical views and treatment

Madness, the non-legal word for insanity, has been recognized throughout history in every known society. Primitive cultures turned to witch doctors or shamans to apply magic, herbal mixtures, or folk medicine to rid deranged persons of evil spirits or bizarre behavior, for example.^[5] Archaeologists have unearthed skulls (at least 7000 years old) that have small round holes bored in them using flint tools. It has been conjectured that the subject may have been thought to have been possessed by devils which the holes would allow to escape.^[6] However, more recent research on the historical practice of trepanation supports the hypothesis that this procedure was medical in nature and intended as means of treating cranial trauma.^[7]

In Ancient Israel

In ancient Israel it was held that disturbances of the mind or emotions were caused by "supernatural forces" or an angry God, as a punishment for sin or failure to follow the commandments. The Old Testament is replete with references to kings and commoners that go insane, and the Jewish prophets were thought to be psychologically abnormal because they acted in strange ways, departed markedly from the norm in appearance, and foretold of future events that few understood.^[8]

Ancient Greece

The Greeks replaced concepts of the supernatural with a secular view, believing that afflictions of the mind did not differ from diseases of the body. They saw mental and physical illness as a result of natural causes and an imbalance in bodily humors. Hippocrates frequently wrote that an excess of black bile resulted in irrational thinking and behavior.^[8]

Goya's Madhouse, 1812-1819

Ancient Rome

Romans made further contributions to psychiatry, in particular the precursor to contemporary practice. They put forth the idea that strong emotions could lead to bodily ailments, the basis of today’s theory of psychosomatic illness. The Romans also supported humane treatment of the mentally ill, and to support such codified into law the principle of insanity as a mitigation of responsibility for criminal acts,^[9] although the criterion for insanity was sharply set as the defendant had to be found "non compos mentis", a term meaning with "no power of mind".^[10]

From the Middle Ages forward

The Middle Ages, however, witnessed the end of the progressive ideas of the Greeks and Romans.

During the 18th century, the French and the British introduced humane treatment of the clinically insane,^[11] though the criteria for diagnosis and placement in an asylum were considerably looser than today, often including such conditions as Speech disorder, speech impediments, epilepsy and depression.

Europe's oldest asylum is the Bethlem Royal Hospital of London, also known as Bedlam, which began admitting the mentally ill in 1403. The first American asylum was built in Williamsburg, Virginia, circa 1773. Before the 19th century these hospitals were used to isolate the mentally ill or the socially ostracized from society rather than cure them or maintain their health. Pictures from this era portrayed patients bound with rope or chains, often to beds or walls, or restrained in straitjackets.

In medicine

Insanity is no longer considered a medical diagnosis but is a legal term in the United States, stemming from its original use in common law.^[12] The disorders formerly encompassed by the term covered a wide range of mental disorders now diagnosed as organic brain syndromes, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychotic disorders.^[1]

Legal use of the term

Main article: Insanity defense

In United States criminal law, insanity may serve as an affirmative defense to criminal acts and thus does not need to negate an element of the prosecution's case such as general or specific intent.^[13] The States differ somewhat in their definition of insanity but most follow the guidelines of the Model Penal Code. All jurisdictions require a sanity evaluation to address the question first of whether or not the defendant has a mental illness.

Most courts accept a major mental illness such as psychosis but will not accept the diagnosis of a personality disorder for the purposes of an insanity defense. The second question is whether the mental illness interfered with the defendant's ability to distinguish right from wrong. That is, did the defendant know that the alleged behavior was against the law at the time the offense was committed.

Additionally, some jurisdictions add the question of whether or not the defendant was in control of their behavior at the time of the offense. For example, if the defendant was compelled by some aspect of their mental illness to commit the illegal act, the defendant could be evaluated as not in control of their behavior at the time of the offense.

The forensic mental health specialists submit their evaluations to the court. Since the question of sanity or insanity is a legal question and not a medical one, the judge and or jury will make the final decision regarding the defendant's status regarding an insanity defense.^[14][15]

In most jurisdictions within the United States, if the insanity plea is accepted, the defendant is committed to a psychiatric institution for at least 60 days for further evaluation, and then reevaluated at least yearly after that.

Insanity is generally no defense in a civil lawsuit. However, in civil cases, the insanity of the plaintiff can toll the statute of limitations for filing a suit until the plaintiff has recovered from this condition, or until astatute of repose has run.

Feigned insanity

Feigned insanity is the simulation of mental illness in order to avoid or lessen the consequences of a confrontation or conviction for an alleged crime. A number of treatises on medical jurisprudence were written during the nineteenth century, the most famous of which was Isaac Ray in 1838 (fifth edition 1871); others include Ryan (1832), Taylor (1845), Wharton and Stille (1855), Ordronaux (1869), Meymott (1882). The typical techniques as outlined in these works are the background for Dr. Neil S. Kaye's widely recognized guidelines that indicate an attempt to feign insanity.^[16]

One particularly famous example of someone feigning insanity was the case of Mafia boss Vincent Gigante, who pretended for years to be suffering from dementia, and was often seen wandering aimlessly around his neighborhood in his pajamas muttering to himself. However, testimony from informants and surveillance showed that Gigante was in full control of his faculties the whole time, and ruled over his Mafia family with an iron fist.^[17]

Today feigned insanity is considered malingering. In a 2005 court case, United States v. Binion, the defendant was prosecuted and convicted for obstruction of justice (adding to his original sentence) because he feigned insanity in a Competency to Stand Trial evaluation.

References

1. ^ ^a b L M Tierney, S J McPhee, M A Papadakis (2002). Current medical Diagnosis & Treatment. International edition. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill. pp. 1078–1086. ISBN 0-07-137688-7.
2. ^ An interview with Dr. Joseph Merlino, David Shankbone, Wikinews, October 5, 2007.
3. ^ why-the-macintosh-was-insanely-great
4. ^ Insanely great: A balanced portrait of a complicated and compelling man The Economist October 29, 2011
5. ^ Weinstein, Raymond M. (2007) "madness" in George Ritzer (ed.) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, 2007, pp. 2693-2695
6. ^ Porter, Roy (2002) Madness-A Brief History, Oxford University Press, 2002, p.10, ISBN 0-19-280266-6
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External links

• Rosenhan, David L. "On Being Sane in Insane Places."

 

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It would only be insanity if you did that thing Nihil did and made post after post of nonsense.

 

Like, "because, as it were, when it did, but then we knew, all that, with all the little lemon trees" or some poop.

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LAWD I THANK THEE TAHT I AM NOT LIEK DAT WEIRD BROWN PURSIN WIT DA WEED UNDA ABRIDGE AND STUFFS

I love you.