TAG / PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE

Former patients describe horrific sexual abuse and violent restraints at Mingus Mountain. Lawmakers are demanding a full review to protect vulnerable teens.

Amid deaths, lawsuits and federal probes, Acadia executives secured seven-figure bonuses.

A stalker on the roof, a beating at home—and psychiatry’s answer? Drug and lock her up.

Pontiac General lost federal funding after a damning record of abuse and neglect. Now it seeks accreditation while housing just four patients.

Psilocybin use among 12th graders jumped 53 percent in four years, with even higher numbers expected as new data rolls in.

From cozy relationships to blockbuster approvals, a new FDA policy promises transparency after decades of industry entanglement. But is it too little, too late?

New Zealand’s psychiatric system hid decades of torture and abuse—until survivors and watchdogs ripped the cover off a national disgrace.

The NHS spent nearly $3 billion last year outsourcing psychiatric care to for-profit private hospitals like Priory—where patients are dying from abuse, neglect and chemical restraint.

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.

Governor Kathy Hochul wanted to gut protections and expand psychiatric human rights abuse. New York lawmakers said no.