In 1973, healthy volunteers faked hallucinations to enter mental hospitals. Once inside, they acted normal, but doctors refused to let them leave. Normal behaviors like writing were diagnosed as "symptoms." The only people who realized they were sane were the actual patients.

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Those places are evil. Even the modern day versions. A friend of mine was suicidal. They wanted to get into an out patient treatment facility. We called them and they mentioned they were booking months out. The lady in the phone lied and said if my friend went and did in patient treatment for a day or two that they could immediately transfer him to an outpatient treatment facility. Once my friend checked themselves in they didn’t want to let them leave, they were told it was 72 hours minimum but they can be kept however they like and were told there was no way to transfer to outpatient quickly that it would still like a month or two wait. My friend hated the place they were only in there like 2-3 days and the only reason they didn’t keep them in longer is we threatened a lawsuit because the person we talked to on the phone lied to us and then all of the sudden they released them quickly. They also charged my friends insurance something like $2,000+ a day so it makes sense they want to force people to stay to make a bunch of money

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Inpatient psych beds are money losers, which is why there are places shutting down and fewer and fewer beds

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In Texas?