Acadia Healthcare: More Former Patients of Options Behavioral Health Share Troubling Stories

October 31, 2024

Dustin Fogt didn’t want to hand over his phone passcode to staff at Options Behavioral Health Hospital in Lawrence.

But he said that didn’t stop them from restraining him, bending back his fingers so he’d let go of his phone and striking him in the ribs. After his wife called the police, a Lawrence officer noted in an incident report the marks on the 46-year-old man’s wrists, still visible three days later.

The details, contained in a Sept. 30 lawsuit, also described the aftermath: Options staff warned Fogt not to press charges — otherwise, they’d keep him at the facility even longer.

Read the entire story here.