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II. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH

A. Review of Related Literature

1. American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Disorders IV Revised (DSM-IV-R).

2. Philippine Case Laws (Court Decisions, Landmark Cases)

3. International Case Laws

4. Testimonies of Psychological Experts and Psychiatrists

B. Methodology

C. Scope Limitations

III. BODY

A. The similarities and differences in the definition of Insanity between the American

Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV

Revised (DSM-IV-R) and Philippine Case Laws

(1)The Mental Disorders classified as Insanity

(2)Tests in Determining Insanity

(3)Testimonies of Psychological Experts and Psychiatrists

(4)Insanity as complete deprivation of Intelligence

(5)Minds of criminal versus an Insane mind

B. The Correlation

(1)Positive or Negative

(2)Varying Degree of Difference or Similarity

C. Incorporation of the Psychological Perspective in Deciding Cases

(1)

The use of DSM-IV-R in deciding cases involving plea of insanity

(2)The testimony of experts

(3)The paradigm shift in deciding cases

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IV. CONCLUSION

V. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ANNEXES