16.7 Key Terms

Confidentiality

Privileged communication

Criminally responsible

M’Naghten test (or rule)

Irresistible impulse test

Durham test

American Legal Institute (ALI) test

Competency to stand trial

Dangerousness

Tarasoff rule

Criminal commitment

Civil commitment

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