PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intellectual Disability, Electric Shock, Involuntary Commitment
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Must be suffering from a mental disorder. Unwilling or incapable of consent to treatment. Be at risk of harming self or others. Rules here in ontario differ from province to province: bound definition for commitment. Criminally insane: camh (mixture of hospital and prison). Suffering from a mental disorder, having homicidal thoughts = eligible for commitment. Can refuse treatment in ontario, nova scotia, bc. They are removed from society and committed: ontario: cam be committed for 72 hours, quebec: 42, can be extended 1-3 months or indefinitely. Substitute decision maker (advocate in treatment and assessment). Advocate works under the capable wished principle: primarily considering wishes of patient. Ontario, saskatchewan: person can be released if they promise to be in therapy as an outpatient at regular intervals. Clinical: informed consent: summary of the experiment, person can discontinue participation at anytime. People in the past have been treated medically/psychologically without their consent (invasive procedures)
