His parents said the boy had merely thrown a tantrum. But a hospital owned by America’s largest psychiatric chain, UHS, held him for three days — and filed a court petition to keep him even longer. While in the hospital, the boy suffered a bloody nose and was locked in a seclusion room in the middle of the night.
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Case is from 4 years ago and was resolved but demonstrates another example of Children erroneously and unnecessarily funnelled through Human Services; particularly those with special needs:
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