Articles, People's Stories, and Academic Journal Articles
Why We Need Mental Health Law Reform
- CBC Series
- Debate on forced mental health treatment continues as one woman's costs top $800k | CBC News, Kristy Nease, CBC News, 2025
- The Revolving Door, Kristy Nease, CBC News, 2024
- She's back on the street, and her brother worries she'll be back in jail soon, Kristy Nease, CBC News, 2024
- Through the carousel, Kristy Nease, CBC News, 2024
- York Region Series
- 'Gut-wrenching nightmare': From PEI to Toronto, mother searches to help her homeless son, Kim Zarzour, YorkRegion.com, 2023
- 'On the streets, abandoned': Ontario families fight to help loved ones with serious mental illness, Kim Zarzour, YorkRegion.com, 2023
- Mothers for Mental Health Care Reform
- Ontario Big City Mayors
- Ontario mayors ask for mental-health law reviews in wake of opioid, encampment crisis, Canadian Press, CTV News, 2024
Academic Journal Articles
- O'Reilly R, Chaimowitz G, Brunet A, Looper K, Beck P. Principles Underlying Mental Health Legislation. Can J Psychiatry. 2010; 55(10):1-5.
- Petit L, Shin K, Fielding N, Dufour M, Gray J. Canadian Mental Health Laws: A Review of Involuntary Admission and Treatment Pending Appeal. CNS Spectrums. 2025; Jul 7:1-35.
- Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions. Final Report: Navigating the Journey to Wellness: The Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for Ontarians. 2010. 2nd session, 39th Parliament, 59 Elizabeth II.
- Solomon R, O'Reilly R, Gray J, Nikolic M. Treatment Delayed - Liberty Denied. Can Bar Rev. 2009; 87(3):679-719.