Operating in Darkness: BC’s Mental Health Act Detention System
Mental health detentions in BC have increased dramatically over the last ten years. Our report reveals several disturbing practices and points to a number of deep flaws in the BC Mental Health Act that do not comply with the rights guaranteed by the Charter and international human rights law.
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- produced by
- Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)
- produced in
- 2017
- last reviewed
- November 2017 i Last date reviewed by a qualified expert to ensure content up-to-date. See "Tips" in Clicklaw content criteria (bottom of pageside menu) for details.
- resource type
- reports & documents
- tags
- review panels, review panel hearing, detention, detainee, detained, restraints, seclusion, access to information, access to legal advice, facility, facilities, mental health, psychiatric treatment, consent to treatment, mental health review board
