The Profitable Business of Holding Patients Against Their Will

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of captivity, mental-health trauma and suicidal thoughts.

A Times investigation into a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals in the United States reveals a world where profits trump medical needs, and patients are detained against their will.

Jessica Silver-Greenberg, an investigative reporter for the Business section of The New York Times, tells the story of one woman who was trapped inside.

Guest: Jessica Silver-Greenberg, an investigative reporter for the Business section of The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• How a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals traps patients.

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