Note
"September 15, 2008"--Cover.
"This is one of a series of documents produced by the Mental Health Diversion Project of CMHA BC Division funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and BC Mental Health and Addiction Services, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority."--Page 2.
Summary
"This is a report summarizing a yearlong project supported by the Law Foundation of British Columbia and BC Mental Health and Addictions Services, an agency of Provincial Health Services Authority to develop a framework for addressing the need to divert people with mental disorders away from usual justice system processes and into more appropriate care and supports. The project—building upon a review of diversion practices in Alberta and Ontario—involved summarizing diversion best practices in Canada and other countries, developing a framework based on these best practices, and provincial and regional consultations carried out by a team from the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division."--Introduction.