如果亲属有精神健康问题：家人怎么办?

网友问：我儿子精神有问题，但又不配合治疗，长期在外被人利用，我该怎么办?

李警官回复：

多伦多警方处理这类报警的法源来自安省的精神健康法令。警方根据不同的情况使用该法令适用的条款将病人送往医院诊治。如果出现下列情况，你可以有下列三种选择：

The Mental Health Act

It is always better to get cooperation from the person who needs help. Unfortunately, this is not always possible.

If the person: （拟翻译如下，请以英文为准）

Has threatened or is attempting to cause bodily harm to him/herself

已经威胁或试图对他/她自己造成身体伤害

Has behaved or is behaving violently towards others or is causing others to fear bodily harm from him/her

对他人表现出或表现出暴力或导致他人害怕他/她的身体伤害

Has shown or is showing a lack of competence to care for him/herself

已显示或表现出缺乏照顾他/她自己的能力

There are several options:

有如下选择：（简要中文说明，请以英文为准）

The doctor: 寻求医生帮助：

请医生签发精神健康法令FORM 1 – 这个表格要求病人到医院确诊。

Have a doctor who has seen the person in crisis within the last 7 days issue a Form 1 - This form requires the person to be assessed at a psychiatric hospital.

Have a doctor see the person in crisis either at the doctor's office or in the community and have the doctor issue a "Form 1".

The justice of the peace： 寻求法官帮助：

去见法官，说明情况，表明病人有风险，需要确诊，法官可能签发法令 FORM 2 – 这个表格要求病人去医院检查。

See a JP and describe what behaviours the person is demonstrating that make you think they are at risk and in need of assessment - The JP may issue a Form2 which requires the person to go to a hospital for examination.

The police：寻求警方帮助：

如果情况紧急，病人出现暴力及恐吓行为，请打911报警。如果警察到场后确认病人行为可能伤害其自己或他人，警方会根据精神健康法令将病人抓起来送往医院检查。

If the person is currently acting out in a violent or threatening way - CALL 911. If the police observe this behaviour or, have reasonable grounds to believe the person was threatening or violent (even to themselves), the person can be apprehended under the Mental Health Act and taken to the nearest hospital for examination.

Both the Form1 and Form2 are valid for 7 days. Both forms are orders for the person to be examined or assessed but may not result in hospitalization.

Form 1和Form 2有效期为7天，两种形式都是对该人进行检查或评估的命令，但可能不会导致住院治疗。

需要说明的是这两种FORM都具有强制性，如果病人拒绝，您可以要求警方执行，可以拨打非紧急电话416-808-2222，或直接将FORM送交所在警察分局。

警方每天出警处理的报警电话中有很大比例涉及精神健康问题，有的是长期病患，有的是一时情绪失控，有的是去执行上述两种由医生或法官签发的命令。精神健康问题是一个超乎大家想像的社会问题，政府及社区都有大量的机构提供帮助，毕竟警察的帮助更多是应急。希望我的回答能对您有所帮助。

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