What is the Riel phenomenon?

What is the Riel phenomenon?
 
  a) Clients' resistance to the insanity defence
  b) Claiming insanity when there is clear evidence to the contrary
  c) Misidentification of the self
  d) Being wrongly executed

Question 2

Louis Riel believed that he had been selected by the spirits to bring forward the message of the Mtis. Indeed, Riel displayed many symptoms of:
 
  a) Omnipotence
  b) Megalomania
  c) Delusions of grandeur
  d) Delirium

Question 3

Louis Riel was executed for his role in the 1885 North-West rebellion despite the following psychiatric evidence that he was either insane at the time or was unfit to stand trial:
 
  a) Testimony that substance use affected Riel's judgment
  b) Testimony that Riel had post-traumatic stress symptoms from repressed childhood abuse
  c) Testimony that Riel had spent time in psychiatric institutions
  d) Testimony that he could tell the difference between right and wrong but doubted himself

Question 4

Saskatchewan is distinct from other provinces in Canada regarding the criteria for involuntary admission by jurisdiction in that individuals are not committed if:
 
  a) They are capable of making treatment decisions
  b) They only pose a minor danger to others
  c) They will suffer further deterioration while in custody
  d) None of the above

Question 5

Which province differs from the rest of Canada in that even if the rest of the criteria for Involuntary Admission by Jurisdiction are satisfied, individuals are not committed if they are capable of making a treatment decision?
 
  a) Ontario
  b) British Columbia
  c) Quebec
  d) Saskatchewan

Question 6

What condition could lawyers have argued that Louis Riel had suffered from when he led the Northwest Rebellion?
 
  a) Megalomania
  b) Schizophrenia
  c) Bipolar disorder
  d) Psychopathy

Question 7

According to an article by Viljoen and colleagues (2003), only medical practitioners (not psychologists) are qualified to provide court-ordered assessments:
 
  a) Under the Youth Criminal Act
  b) Under the dangerous offender legislation
  c) Of fitness and criminal responsibility
  d) Of intellectual functions related to legal determinations

Question 8

Which of the following are among the dimensions on which provinces differ with respect to their criteria for involuntary admission?
 
  a) Criterion for harm, definitions of mental disorder, need for treatment
  b) Criterion for social support, definitions of mental disorder, need for treatment
  c) Criterion for harm, degree of comorbidity, need for treatment
  d) Criterion for harm, definitions of mental disorder, treatment availability