Forensic mental health services are a necessity for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Such services involve two generally independent functions: assessment and treatment. A jurisdiction's legal system is a determinant of how such services are provided and to whom. In our study, we identified the Lebanese laws that address the rights and protections given to a mentally disordered defendant in the criminal justice system. We then analyzed how the Lebanese judicial system interprets and applies the written law in cases where the mental health of the defendant was brought up as an issue. We found that Lebanon's insanity test has a cognitive and a volitional component. However, there does not seem to be a uniform process regulating the use of the insanity defense: statutes do not address the procedural details and the cases we reviewed used various processes to reach their decisions. Based on our findings, we explored avenues for potential improvement in the Lebanese forensic mental health system.

法医精神卫生服务是参与刑事司法系统的个人的必要条件。此类服务涉及两个通常独立的功能：评估和治疗。管辖区的法律制度是如何提供此类服务以及向谁提供此类服务的决定因素。在我们的研究中，我们确定了黎巴嫩法律，该法律解决了刑事司法系统中对精神错乱被告的权利和保护。然后，我们分析了黎巴嫩司法系统在提出被告的心理健康问题时如何解释和适用成文法。我们发现，黎巴嫩的精神错乱测试具有认知和自愿成分。但是，似乎并没有统一的程序来调节精神错乱防护的使用：法规未解决程序细节，我们审查的案例使用了各种流程来做出决策。根据我们的发现，我们探索了黎巴嫩法医精神卫生系统潜在改善的途径。