RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Commentary JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 183 OP 187 VO 33 IS 2 A1 Slovenko, Ralph YR 2005 UL http://jaapl.org/content/33/2/183.abstract AB Should criminal law principles be applied to life insurance claims made by the beneficiaries of an insured person who commits suicide? Any discussion of the criminal law and the M'Naghten test of criminal responsibility, as sometimes used by the courts and recommended by the authors, obfuscates the resolution of contemporary issues.