The Perils of Psychiatric Care

An investigation into a chain of psychiatric hospitals—ironically named Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.—uncovers negligent care that put patients at risk and, in some cases, even caused their deaths.

“When Steven Burton, 55, checked in for treatment of alcohol abuse and depression in February, he complained of chest pains. The intake nurse didn't notify a doctor because, as she later told regulators, ‘he didn't look sick.’"

—“Psychiatric care's peril and profits”, by Christina Jewett and Robin Fields, ProPublica Staff Writers, November 23, 2008

Psych Hospital Fined for Prescription Error

"A Sacramento psychiatric hospital that gave a patient 10 times the suggested dose of the wrong medicine was fined $25,000 Thursday, joining one other psychiatric institution and nine hospitals facing penalties statewide."

—"Sacramento psychiatric hospital fined $25,000 for medication error," by Christina Jewett, March 21, 2008

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/802336.html