Chilling Dark Secret of Psychiatric Hospitals EXPOSED: You Won't Believe What Happens Behind Closed Doors

Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas spent months looking into a psychiatric hospital chain that held some people against their will for financial reasons, not medical ones.

Their investigation uncovered a disturbing trend in the psychiatric hospital industry, where some hospital chains prioritize profits over patients.

It all started when Silver-Greenberg and Thomas received a tip from a whistleblower, who claimed that a particular hospital chain was holding patients for extended periods of time, even after they were deemed ready to be discharged.

The journalists were skeptical at first, but as they dug deeper, they began to unravel a complex web of deceit and corruption.

They discovered that the hospital chain, which operates several facilities across the country, was using aggressive marketing tactics to recruit new patients.

Once patients were admitted, the hospital chain would often exaggerate their symptoms or misdiagnose them in order to justify longer stays.

This not only increased the hospital's revenue but also made it more difficult for patients to be discharged.

One patient, who wished to remain anonymous, told the journalists that she was held at the hospital for several months, despite being deemed ready to be discharged by her doctors.

'I was trapped,' she said. 'I had no control over my life. I was at the mercy of the hospital staff.'

Another patient, who also wished to remain anonymous, claimed that the hospital staff was more interested in getting him to sign over his insurance benefits than in providing him with proper treatment.

'They didn't care about my well-being,' he said. 'They only cared about making money.'

Silver-Greenberg and Thomas also discovered that the hospital chain was using coercive tactics to keep patients from leaving.

Some patients reported being told that they would be cut off from their families or denied essential care if they tried to leave the hospital.

Others reported being given sedatives or other medications that made them feel lethargic or disoriented, making it difficult for them to make decisions about their care.

The journalists shared their findings with state and federal regulators, who have launched investigations into the hospital chain's practices.

The hospital chain has denied any wrongdoing, but the allegations have sparked a national conversation about the need for greater oversight and regulation of the psychiatric hospital industry.

As for Silver-Greenberg and Thomas, their investigation has shed light on a dark secret that was hiding in plain sight.

'We were shocked and disturbed by what we found,' they said. 'We hope that our reporting will help bring about much-needed change.'