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Overview of Mental Health Law in Ontario |
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• Overview of mental health law in Canada
• Legal research and methodology, which introduces the
legal system to
non-lawyers and examines the
methodology of legal study and the general
principles of
legal research
• An overview of the civil and forensic systems, as well as
the systemic
issues/themes in mental health |
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Instructors
Mary Jane Dykeman, Dykeman Dewhirst O’Brien LLP
David Simpson, Patient Flow Shift Manager, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
Michael Feindel, Assistant Crown Attorney, ORB - Crown Coordinator
Toronto Region
Dr. Molyn Leszcz, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital
Nyranne Martin, Legal Counsel, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
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Mental Health – Civil System |
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• Civil commitment under the Mental Health Act
• Psychiatric assessments
• Voluntary and involuntary detention
• Admission to hospital and procedures
• The role of the patient advocate and patient rights
• Inquests as a vehicle for shaping mental health law and policy |
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Instructors
Anita Szigeti, Hiltz Szigeti LLP
Jennifer Foster, Barrister & Solicitor
Jennifer Chambers, Empowerment Counsel Coordinator
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Consent, Capacity and Substitute Decision Making |
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• Consent to treatment under the Health Care Consent Act
• Capacity to make decisions (respecting treatment, admission to a care
facility, personal assistance services, and management of property)
• The role of the substitute decision-maker
• Jurisdiction of Consent and Capacity Board (CCB)
• Exploring the rules and practice of the CCB
• Community treatment orders
• Issues related to property
There will be a two-minute silence observed at 11:00 a.m.
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Instructors
Michael Bay, Barrister and Solicitor, North York, Ontario
Michael Newman, Vice Chair, Senior Lawyer Member Consent
and Capacity Board
Saara L. Chetner, Client Counsel, The Office of the Public
Guardian and Trustee
Lonny J. Rosen, CS, Gardiner Roberts LLP
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Special Issues in the Geriatric/Pediatric Context
and Cultural Issues in Mental Health
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• Children and seniors — specific issues relating to mental
health and the law that are applicable to (a) children and
young persons
and (b) seniors
• Admission to long-term care homes
• The impact of prior capable wishes
• Challenges and limits in providing family-centered care
• The oppositional adolescent; how and when can treatment
occur
despite refusal?
• Access, stigma and cultural competency |
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Instructors
Jane E. Meadus, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
Daphne G. Jarvis, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Dr. Kwame McKenzie, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Cindy Blancher, Counsel, Public Guardian and Trustee
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Privacy, Confidentiality and Risk Assessments
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• Privacy, confidentiality and mental health care
• Duty to inform and violence risk assessment
• Clinical risk management in mental health care settings
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Instructors
Kate Dewhirst, Dykeman Dewhirst O’Brien LLP
Mary Jane Dykeman, Dykeman Dewhirst O’Brien LLP
Dr. Lorraine E. Ferris, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook
Health Sciences Centre
Pat Fryer, Patricia Fryer and Associates
Judith Goldstein, Legal Counsel, Office of the Information
&
Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
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Mental Health – The Forensic System |
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• Forensic mental health and the Criminal Code
• Ontario Review Board hearings
• Sex offenders and violent offenders
• Mental health and police issues
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Lunchtime Keynote Speaker
Dr. Hy Bloom, University of Toronto and Director, workplace.calm, inc.
Instructors
Janice E. Blackburn, Bersenas Jacobsen Chouest Thomson
Blackburn LLP
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, C. Psych, Forensic/Correctional Psychologist
Curt Flanagan, Director Mental Health, Criminal Law Division
Ministry of
Attorney General
Dr. Scott Woodside, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Note: There will be a take-home assignment at the end of this module.
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