Mental Health Standards
Public Launch Candidate

Rebuilding trust in mental healthcare through evidence, rights, and principled advocacy.

This first version is intentionally focused: publish a clear mission, align contributors, and invite high-signal professionals to help build safer alternatives to coercive care.

Public Mission Statement

We publish evidence-based reporting, expert analysis, and practical civic resources that reduce coercive harm and accelerate rights- respecting mental healthcare reform.

What We Defend

  • Human dignity and bodily autonomy.
  • Scientific rigor and transparent sourcing.
  • Non-coercive, person-centered care pathways.
  • Legal and civic accountability in public systems.

What We Are Building

  • A public newsroom for high-quality opinion and analysis.
  • A research literacy hub to explain emerging brain-health work.
  • An advocacy engine for petitions, policymaker outreach, and legal awareness.
  • A moderated support portal that routes people toward safer help channels.

Who We Are Calling In

Researchers And Methodologists

Help evaluate and communicate promising non-coercive approaches with methodological clarity.

Clinicians And Practitioners

Contribute humane care frameworks and practical alternatives for real-world implementation.

Legal And Policy Leaders

Advance rights-respecting reforms with enforceable legal and institutional safeguards.

Articles

Start here with our flagship reporting and evidence-backed long-form analysis.

Start Here | BC's Mental Health Act: 100 Documented Facts

Our flagship article documents the legal structure, historical record, and documented harms surrounding British Columbia's Mental Health Act.

Community Desk

Send leads, corrections, and product ideas that can strengthen our reporting and public resources.

News Tips

Share documents, investigations, hearings, policy changes, or any developing lead that deserves a closer look.

Or email the desk directly at [email protected]

Feedback & Ideas

Tell us what would make the site more useful, clearer, or more effective for readers, researchers, and contributors.

Or email us directly at [email protected]

Contribute To The First Cohort

We are recruiting advocates and professionals for our founding contributor cohort. If you work in clinical care, law, policy, lived-experience advocacy, research, or investigative journalism, we want your voice in this build.

Or email us directly at [email protected]

Editorial Positioning

We are pro-humanity and pro-accountability. We reject dehumanization and advocate for high standards in care, law, and public discourse. We prioritize verifiable evidence, informed debate, and practical reforms that reduce harm.

This release focuses on mission and roadmap while contributor workflows, moderated submissions, and campaign tooling are built.