A Tough Pill to Swallow: Criminal Culpability Arising From an Avoidable NCR State.

The article provides a brief description and history of the "insanity defense", which is a legal defense on which the mentally disordered may rely and is now referred to as "not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder" (NCR). It further states that recklessly exacerbating one's own mental disorder with the resulting injury or death of another should be considered criminal negligence and elaborates on the possible forms of punishment which should accompany the proposed offence.