EPQ IDEAS

is claiming insanity a loophole for criminals?

end up getting treated for something you don't have

mental institutes

effects of age

do mental hospitals have the same outcomes as adults as on children?

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_15

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/divide-between-child-and-adult-mental-health-services-points-for-debate/DC7739D559E05303D777AFC3F40D7787

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-017-1538-1

medication

does more/less medication need to be given?, is it working?

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/medicines-and-psychiatry/

https://therapeutic-solutions.com/understanding-alternative-mental-health-care/

https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Abstract/2021/08000/Medication_Safety_in_Mental_Health_Hospitals__A.2.aspx

mental disabilities

should they still go to mental hospitals if they have e.g. autism

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/adults-with-learning-disability-admitted-to-psychiatric-wards/DC1629174B5165A142C059238064F386

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital

https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/autistic-people-in-mental-health-hospitals

mistreatment of patients

are patients treat badly/forgotten

https://www.hsj.co.uk/mental-health/elements-of-abuse-witnessed-at-inadequate-private-hospital/7029619.article

https://www.nasmhpd.org/content/prevalence-abuse-histories-mental-health-system

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655749/

padded rooms and solitary confinement

is this more detrimental?

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/behavioral-health-hospitals/hospital-psychiatric-wards-now-feel-prisons-some-say

https://www.quora.com/Do-padded-rooms-still-exist-in-mental-hospitals

https://ibpf.org/solitary-confinement-and-mental-illness/#:~:text=Many%20inmates%2C%20with%20a%20mental,their%20mental%20illness%20symptoms%20worse.

does the type of institutes make a difference

private/more expensive

https://psychcentral.com/blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mental-hospital-patient

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/social-care-and-your-rights/mental-health-and-the-law/mental-health-act/

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/treatment-in-hospital/

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/11/08/when-going-to-the-hospital-is-just-as-bad-as-jail

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/14/mental-health-problems-male-prisoners-hospital-treatment-ministry-of-justice-figures

detrimental to their health

https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/insight/from-the-magazine/crimes-of-the-mind/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/05/truth-about-deinstitutionalization/618986/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1414650/

deserve to suffer

do they deserve to suffer for thier crime even if there is a possibility they are insane/have mental problems?

http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/app/uploads/2015/06/insanity_discussion_summary.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/criminal_law/criminal_trial/criminal_insanity_and_mental_health.html

is going to a mental hospital when its not needed because it was an excuse more damaging than just going to prison?

could it make them truly go insane?

why do criminals commit crimes?

nature v nurture

the way they are brought up or are they born to be psychotic/criminals?

https://www.corrections1.com/probation-and-parole/articles/nature-vs-nurture-which-causes-crime-u7qC7V8v1F69l0Y7/

https://www.crimetraveller.org/2016/05/nature-and-nurture-origins-violence/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zdwwt39/revision/3

desire/pressure

is it impulse, something they cannot control?

http://www.actforlibraries.org/impulse-control-disorder-and-criminal-behavior/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/anger-management-self-control/

https://study.com/academy/lesson/peer-pressure-crime.html

psychology

way their brains think, the way they view life and problems and solutions they see fitting.

https://www.waldenu.edu/online-bachelors-programs/bs-in-criminal-justice/resource/what-influences-criminal-behavior

https://study.com/academy/lesson/psychological-theories-of-crime-assumptions-weaknesses.html

https://elawtalk.com/why-do-criminals-commit-crimes/