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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.
MENTAL HEALTH
Anita Clayton, Pharma-Backed PSSD Denier, Elevated to Head US Psychiatric Drug Group
Despite notoriously denying antidepressant harms—including devastating Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)—Anita Clayton is now leading the society that shapes the psychiatric industry’s drug policies.
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
The FDA Just Killed Big Pharma’s Favorite Loophole
A landmark reform shuts down deceptive drug ads that fueled overprescribing, misinformation and billions in profits for Big Pharma.
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.
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric Chain Pays $2.75 Million in Medicaid Fraud Case
From billing dead patients to defrauding entire communities, the mental health industry’s addiction to Medicaid dollars has become a national crisis.
MENTAL HEALTH
Iowa Psychiatric “Care” Facility Fined After Second Patient Death in Eight Months
From fatal neglect to violent assaults, the state-run facility has faced repeated fines while patients continue to die under its care.
MENTAL HEALTH
New Lawsuits Allege Abuse at Georgia Youth Psychiatric Facilities
Despite multimillion-dollar federal settlements, Acadia and UHS face allegations that their facilities remain breeding grounds for exploitation and abuse.
MENTAL HEALTH
Major International Survey Finds Electroshock Ruins Lives—and Psychiatrists Don’t Warn Patients
A global survey spanning 44 countries shows nearly 60 percent of electroshock patients weren’t warned of the dangers, and the majority report life got worse.
MENTAL HEALTH
Illinois Mandates Student Mental Health Screenings, Sparking Outrage
Illinois is the first state to mandate mental health screenings in schools. Opponents call it a reckless experiment that will harm and drug children, while Big Pharma profits.
MENTAL HEALTH
Arkansas Psychiatrist Accused of Fraud Faces 200+ Lawsuits—And Is Now Involuntarily Committed, Himself
The state’s leading psychiatrist allegedly defrauded Medicaid while imprisoning patients. Now, he’s getting a taste of his own abusive “medicine.”
MENTAL HEALTH
New Bill Would Require Informed Consent for Veterans Prescribed High-Risk Psychiatric Drugs
Nearly 70 percent of veterans under VA care are prescribed suicide-inducing psychiatric drugs, most without warning—spurring 17 national veterans’ organizations to support the bill.
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Exposing the Enslavement of Blacks in South Africa
Freedom had unearthed a network of privately owned, profit-making institutions that held nearly 11,500 black inmates—and was subsidized by the apartheid government.
MENTAL HEALTH
Poisoned Justice
The story of the innocent man who spent decades behind bars for “the most ghastly crime in Florida history.”
MENTAL HEALTH
Blunder in the Brain
Every time Kellie Ellison gets her hair done she braces for the moment when hairdressers discover a big bulge on the right side of her head. As they feel the spot, “I tell them that it’s a horn,” jokes Ellison, who lives in the town of Warrior, Alabama. “It scares them to death.”
