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A mental health patient is unable seek federal review of a state court’s consent order that imposed certain conditions on her ...

Do patients always know what is best for them? Much as patient choice places patients at the heart of health care, it can do harm to both the patient and the health care system.

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More therapists are recording sessions with AI, leading to concerns over consent and data breaches. As generative artificial intelligence becomes embedded in people's everyday lives, one emerging ...

A Charter challenge to B.C.'s Mental Health Act, over a provision that groups say denies patients the ability to consent to treatment, is now being heard in B.C. Supreme Court nearly a decade ...

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A Greater Manchester mental health trust has been issued an urgent ... It revealed breaches to people’s safety and patients’ consent to care and treatment. The CQC also found that there ...

To me, it means starting with the most impacted and building up from there. Services would be accessible, trauma-informed, ...

Editor's note: This story contains discussion about suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the 988 Suicide & ...