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MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric Hospital Whistleblowers Sue After Patient Dies in Seclusion
A confidential report described a “culture of complacency” at Oregon’s only public psychiatric hospital. Federal investigators cited leadership failures and an ineffective emergency response in the death of Kenneth Hass.
MENTAL HEALTH
Family Members of Electroshock Survivors Speak Out About Devastating Brain Damage in New Study
Relatives and friends across 22 countries describe memory loss, cognitive decline, disability and death following electroshock “treatment,” with many saying their loved ones’ lives were permanently destroyed.
MENTAL HEALTH
HHS Launches Campaign to Help Americans Get Off Psychiatric Drugs
Kennedy’s announcement marks a federal shift toward reducing psychiatric drug dependence and reimbursing clinicians for the time required to guide patients through withdrawal.
MENTAL HEALTH
Idaho Psychiatrist Convicted of Domestic Violence Faces Trial for Raping Former Patient
Police warn there may be more victims as Wills, already convicted of domestic violence, prepares to stand trial on a rape charge involving a former patient.
MENTAL HEALTH
Mikhaila Peterson Video Triggers Wave of Testimony on Harm Linked to Psychiatric Drugs
Thousands describe severe withdrawal symptoms and long-term neurological effects as clinicians warn of widespread prescribing and lack of accountability.
MENTAL HEALTH
Bomb Threat Suspect Tells FBI Psychiatric Drugs Triggered In-Flight Breakdown
The case underscores documented risks tied to psychotropic drugs, including agitation, hostility and violence.
MENTAL HEALTH
European Court of Human Rights Rules Prolonged Psychiatric Restraint in Denmark Violated Ban on Torture
Judgment exposes Denmark’s continued use of dangerous psychiatric restraint, affecting thousands of patients each year.
MENTAL HEALTH
Lawsuits Allege Years of Sexual Abuse at Acadia’s Detroit Behavioral Institute
A new 2026 lawsuit adds to mounting claims that Acadia Healthcare ignored warning signs and allowed rape and abuse to persist inside a now-shuttered facility.
MENTAL HEALTH
Lawmakers Investigate Psychiatric Industry as Spending Surges While Outcomes Worsen Nationwide
As psychiatric treatment doubles and prescriptions surge, key measures show worsening mental health nationwide. A congressional roundtable raised alarms over drug harms and billions lost to fraud.
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatric Abuse Allegations Mount as Staff Charged at New York Facility
New charges at Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health follow video showing a teen being shoved, while a class action lawsuit, prior conviction and $60 million jury award expose a wider pattern.
MENTAL HEALTH
Euthanasia Cases Surge as Psychiatrists Expand Abusive “Treatments” to Include Death
Assisted suicide is no longer limited to terminal illness, with psychiatric patients now deemed capable of giving “informed consent” to die—even as the same system treats them as too insane to live.
MENTAL HEALTH
Virginia Jury Awards $20 Million in Child Abuse Case at Psychiatric Facility
The jury deliberated only three hours before reaching their verdict, after video showed a psychiatric worker dragging a 13-year-old across a room by a shirt wrapped around his neck.
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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.”
