Sure, here is a more detailed paraphrasing of the text:The B.

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government has announced plans to expand involuntary care for individuals with mental health and addiction issues.

They will open 'highly secure' facilities to house people detained under the Mental Health Act throughout the province.

Premier David Eby announced on Sunday that the government would establish mental health units at correctional facilities across the province, as well as regional facilities that would provide long-term care and housing for those with mental health needs.

The first dedicated mental health unit will be set up at Surrey Pretrial Centre, according to the province.

The first regional mental health facility will be built on the grounds of the Alouette Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge.

As part of his public safety pitch, one week before the official start of B.

C.

's election period, Eby stated that these measures would assist those with brain injuries, mental illnesses, and severe addiction.

'We're going to respond to people struggling like any family member would,' Eby said in a statement to the media.

'We are taking action to get them the care they need to keep them safe, and in doing so, keep our communities safe, too.

'The announcement highlighted that many individuals with mental health and addiction issues are frequently in and out of the correctional and health-care systems without receiving appropriate care.

Eby, joined by representatives of the Musqueam Indian Band and Squamish Nation and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, said the province would be adding more mental health treatment beds in hospitals as part of their approach.

The premier's promise comes three months after he appointed B.

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's first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, toxic drugs, and concurrent disorders.

The government stated it would be releasing 'clarifications' from Vigo on how he believes the Mental Health Act can be used to provide voluntary and involuntary care when people have disorders alongside addiction.

Involuntary treatment is permitted under B.

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's Mental Health Act; a person can be detained in a psychiatric facility if a doctor deems it necessary for their health and safety, as well as the safety of others.

However, advocates have argued that involuntary care for those with drug addictions is often not helpful, with one study showing that people were at a higher risk after being discharged from compulsory treatment.

'Involuntary treatment or forced care is not effective and does not help people, and is an extremely traumatic experience, which actually drives people away from the healthcare system,' said Tyson Singh Kelsall, an outreach worker in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and a PhD candidate in Simon Fraser University's faculty of health sciences.

In an interview before the Sunday announcement, Kelsall said that the building of new facilities to house those detained under involuntary care was distracting from a health-care crisis in the province.

He suggested that the province should focus on interventions like affordable housing, regulating the drug supply, and increasing welfare rates instead.

'We need to ask if we're starting something new, if we're doing a new policy, if we're building new facilities, why don't we start with something that people actually want.

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that we benefit from?' Kelsall said.

In previous comments, Eby acknowledged that there is still a place for involuntary care in B.

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, but 'warehousing people' isn't enough without adequate support that 'hopefully helps them get back on their own feet.

' As part of his public safety pitch, Eby mentioned that the province was in discussions with the Kwikwetlem First Nation regarding the land on which the former Riverview Hospital for those with mental health issues sits.

The government stated that it is working on plans for a future redevelopment of the Riverview site as part of those discussions, which could potentially settle the nation's claim to the land.

The controversial mental health facility in Coquitlam was closed in 2012 after numerous scandals, including forced sterilization and electroshock therapy.

Akshay Kulkarni is a journalist who has worked at CBC British Columbia since 2021.

Based in Vancouver, he has covered breaking news and written features about the pandemic and toxic drug crisis.

He is most interested in data-driven stories.

You can email him at akshay.

kulkarni@cbc.

ca.

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