Legal information capsules| Mental disorders and legal rights – Part 2 |
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When someone with mental disorders doesn't want to go to the hospital and you are unable to convince her, you can ask for help to force compliance, for example from the police. In this case, you must contact either the Sûreté du Québec, your municipal police department or a Criminal and Penal Prosecuting Attorney at the courthouse in the judicial district where the person resides. They will determine the best way to proceed in the circumstances.
Under the powers vested in them by law, police officers who have serious grounds to believe that mental state of an individual presents a grave and immediate danger can also take the person to the hospital, even unwillingly, if so requested by a relative or social worker. |