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Form 1 - Application by Physician for Psychiatric Assessment Ministry Helping people stay healthy, delivering high-quality care when they need it and protecting the health system for future generations.
A Form 1 (Application by Physician for Psychiatric Assessment) is a provision under the Ontario Mental Health Act that allows a physician to detain a patient for a psychiatric assessment for up to 72 hours at a Schedule 1 Facility. A Form 42 (Notice to Person) is always given to a patient to notify them that they are under a Form 1.
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What is an Application for a Psychiatric Assessment (Form 1)? A doctor completes a Form 1 if certain criteria are met, such as the doctor having reasonable cause to believe you are suffering from a mental illness that will likely result in serious harm to yourself or others. What happens once a Form 1 is issued? The doctor who signs the Form 1 ...
3 sty 2023 · A Form 1 (Application by Physician for Psychiatric Assessment) is a provision under the Ontario Mental Health Act that allows a physician to detain a patient for a psychiatric assessment for up to 72 hours at a Schedule 1 Facility.
Ontario’s Mental Health Act provides ways, or Forms, for people to receive an emergency psychiatric assessment without their consent. It is important to understand that Forms do not suspend human
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care for the Province of Ontario, has reasonable cause to believe that you are suffering from mental disorder of a nature or quality that likely will result in: (date) (signature of attending physician)
