06-14 Emotionally Disturbed Persons - Definitions Flashcards
Community Treatment Order (CTO) means:
an order with conditions issued by a physician to a person which provides that person with psychiatric treatment in the community that is less restrictive than being detained in a facility.
Disorderly means:
behaviour that appears to the police to be “to some extent irrational although not unruly”.
[Source: R v. O’Brien (1983), 9W.C.B. 270 (Ontario County Court)].
Divisional Mental Health Liaison Officer means:
the police officer responsible for coordinating all Mental Health Act issues within the division; usually the Community Relations Officer.
Emotionally Disturbed Person (EDP) includes:
any person who appears to be in a state of crisis or any person who is mentally disordered.
Form 1 MHA means:
an Application by Physician for Psychiatric Assessment signed by a doctor within 7 days of examining the person, giving any person authority to take the person named on the application to a psychiatric facility. A Form 1 is valid for 7 days from and including the day it was signed.
Form 2 MHA means:
a Justice of the Peace Order for Examination directing police officers to take the person in custody to an appropriate psychiatric facility where a physician may order the person detained for examination. A Form 2 is valid for 7 days from and including the day it was signed.
Form 9 MHA means:
an Order for Return of an elopee issued by a psychiatric facility which authorizes a police officer to return the person without their consent to the psychiatric facility. A Form 9 is valid for a period of 1 month after the person is absent without leave.
Form 47 MHA means:
an Order for Examination issued by the physician who issued the person a Community Treatment Order (CTO) and
a) Has reasonable cause to believe the person has failed to comply with the conditions under the CTO
b) the CTO subject or substitute decision–maker has withdrawn consent to the CTO and the subject fails to permit the physician to review their condition within 72 hours and the physician believes the subject may cause harm or suffer deterioration.
A Form 47 authorizes a police officer to take that person into custody and return them to the physician promptly and is valid for a period of 30 days.
Mental Disorder means:
any disease or disability of the mind.
[Source: Mental Health Act, ss. 1(1)]
A person suffering from a mental disorder may have to live with a long–term breakdown of coping skills including perception, decision making and problem solving abilities.
Person in Crisis means:
a person who suffers a temporary breakdown of coping skills but often reaches out for help, demonstrating that they are in touch with reality. Once a person in crisis receives the needed help, there is often a rapid return to normalcy.
Physician means:
a legally qualified medical practitioner.
[Source: Health Protection and Promotion Act, ss. 1(1)].
Psychiatric Facility means:
a facility for the observation, care and treatment of persons suffering from a mental disorder and designated as such by the regulation contained in the Mental Health Act. See Procedure 06-04, Appendix B for a list of designated psychiatric facilities.
