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This section has papers that discuss controversial issues. We hope that these papers will generate debate that will

enhance and sharpen everyone’s understanding.

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Mental Health Reform, by R.L. O'Reilly, MB, FRCPC (reproduced with permission) While continuing to be an enthusiastic supporter of efforts to improve our mental health services, I fear that mental health care reform has jumped the tracks and is careening wildly off course. Change, which should be based on evidence of improved effectiveness, is increasingly driven by fad and ideology. To illustrate these trends, I describe seven influential but erroneous principles that are currently shaping changes to our mental health system. <<more>>

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The Catch-22 of Ontario's Health Care Consent Act The Starson Case