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Your Rights as a Mental Health Patient
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Accept or refuse treatment, if you are capable of making treatment decisions.
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Leave the hospital, if you are a voluntary patient.
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Privacy and confidentiality.
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Make informed decisions about your treatment.
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Get information about why you are being held in the hospital if you are an involuntary patient.
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And much more.
In case of violation of your rights:
As a patient, your rights are protected by laws such as the Health Care Consent Act, the Long-Term Care Act, and the Mental Health Act. If a health care professional violates your rights in any way, you can complain to the appropriate regulatory organization.
For an issue dealing with violation of your privacy, you can make a complaint to the Information and Privacy Commissioner. If a physician acts unprofessionally or discriminates against you based on race, class, gender, sexuality, or for any other reason you can file a complaint at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
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