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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.