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in BC, the "risk to yourself or others" clause for involuntary detention is lumped in with the "risk of substantial deterioration" clause; so even if you're not a risk of physical violence to yourself atm, or ever in history, you can still be detained based on interpretations of risk and deterioration

Do you think there should be any forced treatment in Canada?

also, in BC, need to exhibit a "serious mental illness", but the mental health act doesn't define what that is, and the diagnosis criteria aren't regulated.

Why do you think the hospilizations and certifications for mental health treatment have increased so highly in Canada in the past 2-3 decades?

Yea, it goes to show how preventable societal problems, like the housing crisis, can cause people to have their basic human rights of freedom of movement denied based on the supposition being (even temporarily) homeless increases the liklihood of deterioration.

maybe this is TMI, but that was one of the arguments doctors seem to have made to keep me in hospital for so long, before, even though i had means to go to temporary housing like a hostel or air bnb, or a shelter, before finding more stable housing. It's can be hard to find housing in a hospital in another city.

it's shocking so many more young people are being detained now compared to before... I found that report and will look thru it today