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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.
MENTAL HEALTH
Orlando Death Spotlights a Psychiatric Industry Where Tragedy Is Routine
The suicide of Taylor Meador in Orlando exposes a profit-driven mental health system where neglect is routine, accountability is rare and corporate owners cash in on human misery.
MENTAL HEALTH
“You’ll Be Disappeared”: Whistleblower Warns Psychiatric Hospitals Are Seizing the Elderly for Profit
Families of two Vietnam veterans say they were barred from contact as hospitals took control, drained Medicare and let their loved ones die.
MENTAL HEALTH
Unseen. Uncounted. Dead: An Exclusive Freedom Investigation into the VA’s Hidden Suicide Pipeline
At least 17 veterans a day die by suicide. Some families say the VA helped pull the trigger.
MENTAL HEALTH
Regulators Sound Alarm on ADHD Drug Atomoxetine “Side Effects” Suicide and Homicide
Drug regulatory agencies in Germany and Australia have added warnings that atomoxetine can trigger violent or suicidal thoughts—sparking urgent concern over its long‑term use in children and adults.
MENTAL HEALTH
Class Action Launched Over Illegal Preventive Psychiatric Detention in Quebec
Over 50,000 Québécois were involuntarily committed—illegally—between 2015 and 2024, triggering a landmark legal fight for accountability.
MENTAL HEALTH
FDA Panel Warns of SSRI Pregnancy Risks as Media Rushes to Shield Big Pharma
A 10‑member FDA panel met amid mounting evidence that antidepressants may impair fetal brain development.
MENTAL HEALTH
The Shock Treatment That Won’t Die—Psychiatrists Want to Electrocute Your Kids
Psychiatrists push for electroshock on children—even as global bodies condemn it, courts rebuke it and victims recount the brain damage it leaves behind.
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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.”
