title: [Canadian Mental Health Law: accelerating the redirection of the Ship of State].
abstract: In this article, some hopeful outlooks on the evolution of the law are identified and ways of assessing the state and progress of legislation are advanced, drawing from international organizations and some inspiring efforts in other countries. Potential contributors to the evolution of Canadian mental health law are surveyed. The author concludes that there are coherent ways of changing tack, although in this fraught legislative field, no one can make confident predictions about the future.
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychiatrie, Université Dalhousie, Canada.
authors.forename: H Archibald
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014480:United Nations