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| | Ylife, January 30, 2006-The crisis call of Edmond Yu |
 | | In February 1997, Edmond Yu (right), a psychiatric survivor who was experiencing a mental health crisis, was shot and killed by Toronto police following an altercation on a city transit bus. |
 | | The film addresses the critical issues facing police, legal experts, mental health workers, the public and psychiatric patients and poses the question: "What can be done to prevent a mental health crisis from escalating into violence?" For answers Sky talked to police, psychiatric survivors, and many others involved in crisis interventions. |
 | | The screening and presentation are sponsored by Heathy YU, and the Urban Studies, Criminology, Nursing, Critical Disability Studies, Health and Society and Social Science programs at York. |
| www.yorku.ca /ylife/2006/01-30/Crisiscall01202006.htm (344 words) |
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