What is the difference between medical insanity and legal insanity?

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 05 September 2011 This query is : Resolved
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What is the difference between medical insanity and legal insanity?

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Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 05 September 2011
medical insanity doesn't mean the person is crazy. They are probably on meds and in the care of a psychiatrist and therapist but can do for themselves and lead a somewhat normal life. Of course there are illnesses like Alzheimer's and senile dementia that can be construed as medically insane and it's a physical problem that caused it. Legal insanity is when the person has to be supervised and has no control over finances or any decisions as ordered by a court judge. Someone takes responsibility for this person, as they cannot function on their own. Many think that insanity is just a mental thing but it is physical too and it has been proven by scientists and physicians. The neurotransmitters in the brain "misfire" when sending signals to respond in a certain "normal" manner from one side of the brain to the other. Legally insane people cannot sign anything. It usually takes 3 psychiatrists to declare the person legally insane and it is ordered by the judge in a court of law that they cannot function in society. Often times they are put in a psychiatric ward with the worse cases and are considered committed versus going to a psych ward on their own.

prabhakar singh (Expert) 05 September 2011
yes ! Mr. Makkad is right. legal insanity creates incapacity and one looses his/her recognition of a juristic personality.