Universal Health Services: D.C. Council to Examine Abuses at Psychiatric Institute of Washington

October 28, 2024

 

The District’s only for-profit psychiatric hospital is rife with incidents of abuse and neglect, leaving many patients traumatized and distrustful of the mental health system, according to a recent report from a disability rights watchdog.

Incidents documented by Disability Rights DC include the arrest of a staffer at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington who allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old patient and multiple patient-on-patient assaults that sent patients to the emergency room with broken bones.

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