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Ross Biancale died at 32, caught in the vortex of societal crises.

Ross Biancale died at 32, caught in the vortex of societal crises.

A leading Canadian psychiatrist explains why excited delirium should not be cited as the cause in deaths involving police and first-responders.

Ross Biancale died at 32, caught in the vortex of societal crises.

A major shift is underway in the medical community's thinking about the contentious diagnosis of excited delirium, and medical examiners and coroners across Canada and the U.S. are starting to reject it as a cause of death in police-related incidents.

Several recent Hamilton homicide cases ended with killers being found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Experts and affected families say the cases show how society failed to get people the help they need before things go horribly wrong.

Several recent Hamilton homicide cases ended with killers being found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Experts and affected families say the cases show how society failed to get people the help they need before things go horribly wrong.

Several recent Hamilton homicide cases ended with killers being found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Experts and affected families say the cases show how society failed to get people the help they need before things go horribly wrong.

Amid growing concern by mental health professionals, the Canadian government is seeking to delay legalized medical assistance in dying for mental illness, a controversial law slated to pass mid-March.

OTTAWA — The chair of a federal expert panel on medically assisted death is questioning what the Liberal government is hoping to accomplish by delaying the expansion of the assisted-dying regime. "I don't think it's necessary," Dr.