Man with Mental Illness Granted Absolute Discharge

0:00In 2018, 39-year-old Michael Kalatosti stabbed his 84-year-old grandmother to death and attacked her caregiver during a psychotic episode at his grandparents' home. A judge ruled in April 2020 that he had major mental illness and couldn't tell right from wrong, finding him not criminally responsible. His psychiatrist, along with Ontario's Attorney General, and the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, pushed for a conditional discharge with. Even going monitoring for drug abstinence, but the Ontario Review Board saw things differently and just granted him an absolute discharge, saying he's no longer a significant public threat. Experts noted Kalatosti struggles with stress, often getting angry, but he's done well lately. Clean living in his own apartment, steady job prospects, education goals like law school, and clean drug tests for a full year. His diagnoses include polysubstance use disorder, impartial remission, and cannabis-induced psychosis, now in sustained remission.

1:01The psychiatrist worried that stress could spark cannabis relapse and psychotic symptoms again, since Kalatosti sometimes skips help during tough times. He denied law school rejection as a trigger, and argued the board oversight hurts his ambitions, while his lawyer called any remaining risk tiny. Now fully independent with family ties intact, and no recent issues, the board urges him to disclose his history to doctors and build a private mental. Health support team to keep things steady, moving forward. That wraps Canada News Today, brought to you with AI.