Mental health law meant as last resort used increasingly on kids
Advocates say the Baker Act, designed as a measure of last resort, is not used that way. The result: Kindergarteners can be forcibly committed to psych centers for exams. March…
The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying
Emily was combing her baby daughter’s hair when she first felt the lumps. It was a week before Christmas, and her youngest daughter, Isadora, had been feverish and listless, unwilling…
‘I thought she’d be safe’: a life lost to suicide in a place meant for recovery | Private healthcare
“I thought she would be protected at Chadwick Lodge,” reported Natasha Darbon, recalling how she felt in April 2019 when her 19-yr-outdated daughter, Brooke Martin, was admitted to the psychological…