Catherine Latimer has been the Executive Director of the John Howard Society of Canada, www.johnhoward.ca, since 2011. Dr. Chris Summerville is CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, www.schizophrenia.ca. They explain their own work and the focus of their organizations as it relates to decriminalizing mental illness. They identify what they see as the main challenges facing individuals living with mental health disabilities, and for their families and family caregivers, which result from involvement with the criminal justice system. They describe what they see as the ways in which a natio
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