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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

Child Deaths Uncover More Psychiatric Abuse and Greed in Wilderness “Therapy” Camps

A broken system protected profit over children’s lives, until two May suicides finally forced action.

MENTAL HEALTH

Involuntary Commitment in NC Called “Abusive and Dehumanizing” in New Rights Report

Disability Rights NC urges an end to coercive psychiatric detentions after exposing widespread misuse in North Carolina.

MENTAL HEALTH

Study Uncovers 750 Incidents of Coercion and Abuse in UK Psychiatric Facilities

Psychiatric staff in the UK restrained, humiliated and assaulted vulnerable patients while colleagues turned a blind eye. A disturbing new study reveals just how deep the abuse goes.

MENTAL HEALTH

Now They’re Beating the Kids—Abuse of Children at UK Psychiatric Facility Exposed

A new report reveals that staff at Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital sadistically dragged children to put them in needless restraints—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.