Sask. woman fights to find answers after involuntary psych. assessment [Video]

A Saskatchewan woman who was taken for an involuntary mental health assessment is entitled to find out who had her committed, a provincial court judge has ruled.

Sometime before September 2023, Kimberly Kraus was taken, against her will, for psychiatric assessment.

The warrant for her apprehension was based on details relayed to a provincial court judge from an informant under terms of the Mental Health Services Act designed to help people who have become a danger to themselves or others find treatment.

“Shortly after Ms. Kraus was conveyed for a mental health assessment, the physician who examined her refused to issue a certificate for her compulsory admission to a mental health centre and she was released,” Judge Sanjeev Anand writes in an April 22 provincial court decision.

According to Anand, Kraus has been fighting to find out who filed for the warrant since Sept. 14.

“Ms. Kraus contends that the …