The debate for involuntary care is on, On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko
The debate for involuntary care is on, On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko
“We have the highest rates in Canada, here in BC, of hospitalizing people for mental health and substance use treatments. So we already involuntarily treat a lot of people and I think it might be worth sort of pausing and asking, y’know, is doubling down on something we’ve already been trying for several years, going to be helpful…”
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