a borderline state wherein cognitive handicap exists but isn’t serious enough to render the person totally excused of their criminal behavior. With regard to legal proceedings, a conclusion of such might develop whenever there is indications to which a cognitive disorder was likely a contributing facilitator to a defendant’s behavior, or which the disorder rendered the person not able of deliberating, premeditating, malice, or another cognitive condition generally necessary for first- degree offenses- in such cases it might result in conviction of a less serious offense.
PARTIAL INSANITY: “Some people believe that mood disorders should be broadly considered as forms of partial insanity since the person, in extreme cases, can go from a state of normalcy to a state of depression or rage that may be severe enough to take one’s own life or cause harm to others.”