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Book Spotlight - Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials

Posted by Peel Law Association on 4 May 2023

 

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Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials
by Anita Szigeti and Ruby Dhand

Published: December 29, 2022 by LexisNexis Canada

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 – Foundational Issues in Mental Health Law: Lived Experience, Access to Justice and Intersectionality 
Chapter 2 – Civil Mental Health Law: Legal Concepts and Policy Considerations
Chapter 3 – Civil Commitment 
Chapter 4 – Consent to Treatment
Chapter 5 – Guardianship and Powers of Attorney
Chapter 6 – Personal Health Information Protection
Chapter 7 – Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice
Chapter 8 – Fitness to Stand Trial
Chapter 9 – The Not Criminally Responsible Verdict
Chapter 10 – Criminal Code Review Boards – Part XX.1, the Mental Disorder Provisions: History, Structure and Foundational Concepts
Chapter 11 – Modern Review Board Law: s. 672.54 of the Criminal Code and Beyond
Chapter 12 – Dangerous Offender and Long-Term Offender Proceedings
Chapter 13 – Mental Health Considerations in Bail and Sentencing
Chapter 14 – Mental Health Courts and Specialized Courts
Chapter 15 – Indigenous Peoples and Mental Health Law
Chapter 16 – Introduction to Coroner’s Inquests in Ontario Involving Mental Health Issues
Chapter 17 – Public Interest Standing by People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner’s Inquests – Part I: Recommendations From Inquests in Police-involved Deaths 
Chapter 18 – Public Interest Standing by People With Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues at Ontario Coroner’s Inquests – Part II: Recommendations From Inquests in Institutional Deaths
Chapter 19 – Practicing Mental Health Law: Advocacy Tools, Trauma-Informed Lawyering, Empathy and Increasing Access to Justice

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