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Elite member
"Anders Behring Breivik attacked a youth camp organised by the governing Labour party on the island of Utoeya, after setting off a car bomb in the capital.
He told the court he "acknowledged" the acts committed, but said he did not accept criminal responsibility.
The prosecution earlier gave a detailed account of how each person was killed.
If the court decides he is criminally insane, he will be committed to psychiatric care; if he is judged to be mentally stable, he will be jailed.
In the latter case, he faces a sentence of 21 years, which could be extended to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.
The 33-year-old Norwegian was found insane in one examination, while a second assessment made public last week found him mentally competent" source
I find the idea of defining 'mental illness' quite interesting. Surely we require a social norm from which to measure? If this is the case then does defining mental health vary from society to society? How is a non religious individual considered in a majority faith country?
Also where do other mental variations fall, people with high IQs are different to people with low IQs the mental state and belief set is quite different - is there a universal social normal falling across these variation of mental states?
If everyone in a group believes in magic elves and one person doesn't, in that group who is mentally ill?
He told the court he "acknowledged" the acts committed, but said he did not accept criminal responsibility.
The prosecution earlier gave a detailed account of how each person was killed.
If the court decides he is criminally insane, he will be committed to psychiatric care; if he is judged to be mentally stable, he will be jailed.
In the latter case, he faces a sentence of 21 years, which could be extended to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.
The 33-year-old Norwegian was found insane in one examination, while a second assessment made public last week found him mentally competent" source
I find the idea of defining 'mental illness' quite interesting. Surely we require a social norm from which to measure? If this is the case then does defining mental health vary from society to society? How is a non religious individual considered in a majority faith country?
Also where do other mental variations fall, people with high IQs are different to people with low IQs the mental state and belief set is quite different - is there a universal social normal falling across these variation of mental states?
If everyone in a group believes in magic elves and one person doesn't, in that group who is mentally ill?