PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mossman, Douglas
TI  - <em>United States v. Lyons</em>: Toward a New Conception of Legal Insanity
DP  - 1988 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 49--58
VI  - 16
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/49.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/16/1/49.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1988 Mar 01; 16
AB  - In United States v. Lyons (1984), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court altered its definition of legal insanity to conform with recent recommendations of the American Bar Association and the American Psychiatric Association. This paper briefly reviews the social and legal context of the Court’s ruling. The author then discusses the insanity defense’s rationale and suggests an interpretation of the Court’s new definition that should guide psychiatric testimony.