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. 2020 Apr 4;30(9):1362–1378. doi: 10.1177/1049732320912409

Table 3.

Overview of the Cluster Terms Focusing on “DANGER” in “Cluster 1: Mental Health/Illness in Terms of Danger and Risk.”

Mental health/illness in terms of danger
Positive terms (what goes with what?) Agon terms (what goes against what?)
Clusters terms that focus on danger
 danger, dangerous, dangerous without right treatment, crime, lose control, violent, risk, protect society, safety, threat, aggressive, police, arrested
Cluster terms that name the person involved
 offender, perpetrator, attacker, notorious troublemaker, the accused, patient, vulnerable psychiatric patient
Cluster terms that refer to mental health issues
 mental disorder, mental illness, diagnosis, medical diagnosis, medical proof, evidence, psychiatric testing, psychiatric evaluation, expert, psychiatric expert, behavioral expert, psychiatrist, psychologist, disturbed, sick mind, delusional, mentally unstable, unreasonable
Cluster terms that focus on the tension between determinism and agency
 no intention to, no awareness, not willingly, no responsibility, cannot be held accountable, I wasn’t myself, impulses, no motive, mental illness as explanation  didn’t seek psychological help, no critical self-evaluation, stopped medication, taking medication irregularly, feeling guilty, remorse, apologize, admit mistake, mental illness as excuse, “claims” diagnosis
Cluster terms that focus on orientations to act
 therapy, treatment, hospitalization, compulsory treatment, counseling, therapy still possible  punishment, conviction, jail, sentence, strict legislation, mental health services inadequate to protect society, recidivism, never ending story, danger of relapse