Bipolar Disorder/Mental Dissorders

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Expert: - 3/27/2009


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Im diong a Junior Research Project, and the topic that I choose was; Should people with Mental Disorders be punished for commiting a crime or is it ok for a person to be let free if they have a Mental Disorders?
You might be asking yourself it depends what Mental Disorder they have, and I mean any mental disorder, Bipolar, Depression, or be physco...
It would relly helpp me allot if I could get an opinion from someone who has dealt with these kind of people..


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HI Mariel,

This is a complex matter and there are no easy answers. Ideally the community should be protected against crimes committed by any person suffering from a mental illness. At present about 75% of prisoners have addiction (a mental illness) as a comorbid condition to their crime.

Please read:

The Forgotten Factor in the Crime Debate at;
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/forgotten_factor_crimedebate.htm

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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