CCHR Condemns Mental Health Industry Putting Children at Risk of Sexual Assault
Up to 45% of mental health inpatients have experienced sexual violence, with one hospital saying its rate of patient sexual assault was within the “industry…
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Sexual Assault, Restraint Abuse, Deaths and Children Put at Risk: The “Return” for Billions Wasted on For-Profit & Private Psychiatric Facilities
Jan Eastgate President, CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog November 18, 2019 Citizens Commission on Human Rights continues to update consumers, families, government and law…
Connecticut Jails Psychiatrist Paul Fox Under Psychotherapist Patient Sexual Abuse Law
By Psychcrime.org July 11, 2019 On July 10, 2019, the State of Connecticut sentenced psychiatrist Paul Fox to seven years in jail for the sexual…
When Your Psychiatrist or Therapist is a Sexual Predator #MeToo in the Mental Health Industry
Mental Health Industry Watchdog says #MeToo movement should extend to patients sexually assaulted under the guise of “therapy”—women detail harrowing stories of being drugged, psychologically…
29 Fired from Child Psych Unit Following Investigation of Sexual Assault
Carney Hospital fired the staff of its adolescent psychiatry unit Thursday, after an investigation into an employee’s alleged sexual assault of a patient uncovered serious patient safety problems.
Hospital president Bill Walczak said he hired former attorney general Scott Harshbarger and his law firm a month ago to investigate the assault allegation and conditions on the 14-bed locked unit for extremely troubled teens.