Editing Insanity (section)

== Medicine ==
Insanity is no longer considered a medical diagnosis but is a legal term in the United States, stemming from its original use in [[common law]].<ref>{{cite journal
|year=2005
|pages=252–8
|author=Tighe, Janet A.
|issue=2
|url=http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/33/2/252?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=40&minscore=5000&resourcetype=HWCIT
|volume=33
|title="What's in a Name?": A Brief Foray into the History of Insanity in England and the United States
|journal=[[Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law]]
|access-date=2007-10-20
|pmid=15985670
|archive-date=2011-09-28
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928175136/http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/33/2/252?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=40&minscore=5000&resourcetype=HWCIT
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The disorders formerly encompassed by the term covered a wide range of [[mental disorder]]s now diagnosed as [[bipolar disorder]], [[organic brain syndrome]]s, [[schizophrenia]], and other [[Psychosis|psychotic]] disorders.<ref name="diag"/>