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Until the Pattern Instruction Committee of the Judicial Council has provided such an instruction , an instruction in the following form would be appropriate : ' Diminished mental capacity of the defendant not amounting to insanity is not a complete defense to a criminal charge , but when a particular intent or other state of mind is a necessary element of the offense charged , diminished mental capacity may be taken into consideration in determining whether the accused was capable of forming the necessary specific intent or state of mind . Unsurprisingly ca n't concentrate , and my insanity is taking an ugly turn . If the true insanity is repeating an ancient and habituated pattern of violence in the face of violence and expecting something other than violence , then a logical first step toward sanity should be to turn our attention toward peace . Less frequently the adolescent insanity is of a melancholic type , still showing remissions , but not so definitely as in maniacal cases ; there is apt to be hypochondria and extreme concentration upon one 's self . The very definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over again yet with the expectation of a different result .