BREAKING: CEO has left North Tampa Behavioral, the subject of our September investigation. Federal inspectors found quarterback-turned-CEO did not meet minimum requirements. Public funding is also at risk because of serious problems with patient care. https://t.co/5IehrDCcV6
@GOP@realDonaldTrump These commitment powers will be used on insured, low-acuity patients who don't actually need to be in a locked psych ward. Psych wards prey on insured people for their insurance money, while ignoring everyone else.
@MentalIllPolicy@GOP@MentalIllPolicy Are you concerned at all about the way involuntary commitment statutes are being used inappropriately against middle class people with good insurance who don't truly need inpatient level of treatment?
Risk of Medical Error Doubles if You Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis
More than 40 million people a year experience adverse effects from medical error.
#psychiatry#medicine#mentalhealth
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We've been reporting how many North Texans, who *voluntarily* seek mental help, have been locked up against their will. But what's even crazier is what we're told some psychiatric hospitals do to keep children quiet. Our "series continues at 10p @wfaa w/ @wfaaizzy@johnmccaa
Hey N TX! In just 20 mins ... we shed light on a side of the pharmaceutical industry where drugs are sold and used on patients without any guarantee that they're safe. And the patients often have no idea! See you at 10pm on #WFAA. @wfaaizzy@johnmccaa
@namigeorgia@PeachfordHosp Matt Crouch: Stop locking people up for profit! Give them the Form 1015 (Notice of Right to Hearing) so they can see a judge and be released in a timely manner.
@XTinaTaft@TB_Times@PsychVictims Yes, patients are typically forced to sit in the TV room all day with no access to their beds except a 1-hour nap. Also visiting hours are extremely restricted and they fail to inform people of their right to be visited by an attorney.
This is @_neilbedi. I’m an investigative reporter at the @TB_Times. I’ve spent the last few months looking into a Pasco County psychiatric hospital that makes millions exploiting Baker Act patients. The story published online today: https://t.co/RtcBU1bQ7J
Involuntary Hospitalization Increases Risk of Suicide, Study Finds
New study finds that people who felt they were coerced into being hospitalized were more likely to attempt suicide later.
#psychiatry#coercion#mentalhealth#suicide
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