Corey has been remanded to a psychiatric hospital to determine if he is competent to stand trial. He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is responding well to treatment with psychotropic medications
He is less delusional and his speech is more organized. Based on this, he is deemed competent and is scheduled to stand trial. This is an example of
a) synthetic sanity.
b) being guilty but mentally ill.
c) misdiagnosis.
d) temporary insanity.
a
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