Involuntary Treatment

• New guidance lays out when B.C. doctors can and can’t use involuntary treatment

  The new guidance is meant to inform healthcare providers on the circumstances under which the Mental Health Act can be used to obtain involuntary treatment for a patient.

  Health

  Mar 12
  
• B.C. pressured to speed up involuntary treatment rollout after attack on VPD officer

  While B.C.'s 2025 budget nodded towards work already underway on involuntary treatment, it did not lay out any specific new spending measures.

  Crime

  Mar 5
  
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• Alberta government clarifies Compassionate Intervention Act after criticism

  As the United Conservative government faces criticism over its Compassionate Intervention Act, the premier's chief of staff sat down with Global News to set the record straight.

  Health

  Apr 21, 2023
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• Mother of teen charged in B.C. ‘crime spree’ says he couldn’t get drug treatment until jail

  The mother of a teen charged with a recent North Vancouver "crime spree" said she fought unsuccessfully for years to get him into drug treatment.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2022