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