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MENTAL HEALTH

Patient Calls Indiana Psychiatric Hospital “Scariest Place I’ve Ever Been” Amid Claims of Illegal Detentions

Lawsuits, federal reports and firsthand accounts reveal a pattern of unlawful holds and severe medical neglect inside NeuroPsychiatric facilities. Officials documented the violations but failed to stop them.

MENTAL HEALTH

Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Carries 56 Times Higher Suicide Risk, New Study Shows

Swedish research finds involuntary psychiatric commitment deadly, confirming patterns seen in the US.

MENTAL HEALTH

Edenfield Staff Charged for Psychiatric Abuse After Shocking Undercover Investigation

Patients were restrained, verbally abused and locked in seclusion for weeks, prompting criminal charges and resignations. Welcome to psychiatric “care.”

MENTAL HEALTH

Investigation Reveals Chronic Delays in Handling Michigan Psychiatric Abuse Complaints

Legislators call for stronger oversight after audit exposes widespread neglect, unanswered complaints and apparent efforts to conceal abuse in state hospitals.

CORRUPTION

At KidsPeace, No Peace for Kids: Abuse Allegations Mount at Pennsylvania Youth Psychiatric Center

Three former residents say they were assaulted as children and silenced by fear. Now, the psychiatric facility is using legal tactics to dodge accountability.

CORRUPTION

“It’s Like Jail”: Colorado Youth Describe Abusive Life Inside Psychiatric Center

A state-licensed youth psychiatric facility is under fire after a three-year study found repeated abuses, high restraint rates and a string of broken promises to reform.

MENTAL HEALTH

Patients Left in Urine and Feces, Restrained for Days—Ombudsman Report Reveals New Brunswick Psychiatric Horror

Almost 950 hours of surveillance footage and thousands of internal records reveal a regime of neglect, secrecy, and physical and sexual abuse in the Canadian province’s psychiatric hospitals.

HUMAN RIGHTS

CCHR Brings Global Case Against Coercive Psychiatry to UN Rights Committee in Geneva

From electroshock of five-year-olds to deaths in US for-profit hospitals, CCHR told the UN that psychiatry’s coercive practices amount to torture and must be banned worldwide.

MENTAL HEALTH

Options Behavioral Health to Close Amid Mounting Abuse Allegations

While Acadia rakes in billions, shocking allegations suggest the company is putting patients last to maximize corporate profits.

MENTAL HEALTH

New Report Exposes Human Cost of Involuntary Psychiatric Lockups

Behind the guise of “care,” psychiatry’s coercive system locks away 1.2 million people annually—fueling overdoses, suicides and billions in profit.