EDP's Flashcards
a child that can be apprehended as being in need of protection as defined in s.125 (1) of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.
Child in Need of Protection
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.
Community Treatment Order (CTO)
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)].
Disorderly
police officer responsible for coordinating all Mental Health Act issues within the division; usually the Community Relations Officer.
Divisional Mental Health Liaison Officer
any person who appears to be in a state of crisis or any person who is mentally disordered.
Emotionally Disturbed Person (EDP)
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 1 MHA
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 2 MHA
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 9 MHA
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b) the CTO subject or substitute decision–maker has withdrawn consent to the CTO and the subject fails to permit the physician to review their condition within 72 hours and the physician believes the subject may cause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.
Form 47 MHA
any disease or disability of the mind
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.
Mental Disorder
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.
Person in Crisis
a legally qualified medical practitioner.
Physician
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.
Psychiatric Facility
