Dr Susan Kamengere died under controversial circumstances after admission to a hospital. [Courtesy] The recent death of Susan Kamengere at a hospital inspired a lot of debate on social media. While a ...
Key points In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, ...
Eric Broutman and Carolyn Wolf write that since the deprivation of liberty is a significant impingement on one's rights, the Supreme Court requires regular access to courts for involuntarily confined ...
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has shown striking inequalities between ethnic groups in the rate of ...
The city’s co-response teams, designed to treat homeless individuals with mental health needs, sometimes take people to the hospital against their will, but they often do not meet the criteria for ...
In November 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his plan to address the city’s ongoing problem of unhoused citizens with severe mental illness. The new directive empowers first responders, ...