Small poster

[UPDATE (JULY 2023): The rights materials on this site are out of date. Please read our blog post to learn more.]

Small poster. Text says, "Your rights under BC's Mental Health Act If you’ve been certified as an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act, you still have rights. You have the right: to know where you are to know why you’ve been certified to be examined by a doctor to see if you still need to be in the hospital to ask for a review panel hearing to challenge your certification to ask for a second medical opinion from another doctor about your psychiatric treatment to speak with a lawyer Learn more about your rights Ask a nurse for a copy of Form 13 or a “Your Rights under BC’s Mental Health Act” pamphlet, which has more details about each of these rights. [Image of the front of the pamphlet]. This poster was created by the Mental Health Act Rights Advice research team (bcmentalhealthrights.ca). Funding for this research was provided by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research." [Image of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research logo]

Small poster in the clinical context

The small “Your Rights under BC’s Mental Health Act” poster has only a very basic statement of the Mental Health Act rights. It is meant not to fully inform patients but to tell them that they have rights and to seek out more information if they want it.

The poster refers patients to the pamphlet for further information, and hospitals may want to have pamphlets readily available when patients ask for them.

Small poster for viewing and printing

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Small poster. Text says, "Your rights under BC's Mental Health Act If you’ve been certified as an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act, you still have rights. You have the right: to know where you are to know why you’ve been certified to be examined by a doctor to see if you still need to be in the hospital to ask for a review panel hearing to challenge your certification to ask for a second medical opinion from another doctor about your psychiatric treatment to speak with a lawyer Learn more about your rights Ask a nurse for a copy of Form 13 or a “Your Rights under BC’s Mental Health Act” pamphlet, which has more details about each of these rights. [Image of the front of the pamphlet]. This poster was created by the Mental Health Act Rights Advice research team (bcmentalhealthrights.ca). Funding for this research was provided by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research." [Image of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research logo]

Hard copies of the small poster

Our project funding has allowed us to print a small quantity of the poster, which we can send to hospitals and mental health teams on a first come, first served basis for the cost of shipping. Please contact us for details.

Once the first printing runs out, we can still print on your behalf but will invoice for both printing and shipping costs.

Instead, we encourage you to send the print-ready digital file above to a local commercial printer and order the quantity that you need.

Small poster text

The text of the small poster is given here so that it can be read by screen readers like VoiceOver (Mac) or JAWS or NVDA (PC). Screen readers help people with print disabilities, language learners, and people who may prefer hearing the text rather than reading it.

[Beginning of poster text]

Your rights under BC’s Mental Health Act

If you’ve been certified as an involuntary patient under the Mental Health Act, you still have rights.

You have the right:

  • •to know where you are
  • •to know why you’ve been certified
  • •to be examined by a doctor to see if you still need to be in the hospital
  • •to ask for a review panel hearing to challenge your certification
  • •to ask for a second medical opinion from another doctor about your psychiatric treatment
  • •to speak with a lawyer

Learn more about your rights

Ask a nurse for a copy of Form 13 or a “Your Rights under BC’s Mental Health Act” pamphlet, which has more details about each of these rights. [Image of the front of the pamphlet]

[End of poster text]

Specifications

  • full colour
  • 11″ wide × 8.5″ tall