Schedule 1—Certain conduct may not indicate mental illness
A person
does not have a mental illness merely because of any 1 or more of the
following:
(a) the
person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has expressed or refused
or failed to express, a particular political opinion or belief;
(b) the
person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has expressed or refused
or failed to express, a particular religious opinion or belief;
(c) the
person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has expressed or refused
or failed to express, a particular philosophy;
(d) the
person expresses or refuses or fails to express, or has expressed or refused
or failed to express, a particular sexual preference or sexual orientation;
(e) the
person engages in or refuses or fails to engage in, or has engaged in or
refused or failed to engage in, a particular political activity;
(f) the
person engages in or refuses or fails to engage in, or has engaged in or
refused or failed to engage in, a particular religious activity;
(g) the
person engages in or has engaged in a particular sexual activity or sexual
promiscuity;
(h) the
person engages in or has engaged in immoral conduct;
(i)
the person engages in or has engaged in illegal conduct;
(j) the
person has developmental disability of mind;
(k) the
person takes or has taken alcohol or any other drug;
(l) the
person engages in or has engaged in anti-social behaviour;
(m) the
person has a particular economic or social status or is a member of a
particular cultural or racial group.
However, nothing prevents, in relation to a person who takes or has taken
alcohol or any other drug, the serious or permanent physiological, biochemical
or psychological effects of drug taking from being regarded as an indication
that a person is suffering from mental illness.