Patients, many found not-guilty of crimes by reason of mental illness, were fed LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs until they became delirious; kept naked for days with other inmates in a windowless “capsule;” and enclosed in another locked room where fellow patients meted out painful punishment.
Among those hurt by the treatments at Oak Ridge Mental Health Centre — now called Waypoint — was Danny Joanisse. He had come from a broken home, tried to harm himself and commit suicide, and been sexually abused at the infamous St. John’s Training School for Boys before arriving at Oak Ridge, said Justice Ed Morgan.
The judge concluded the province and two physicians — Drs. Elliott Barker and Gary Maier — were civilly liable for assault and battery and breach of their fiduciary duty to patients. Barring an appeal, the case now moves on to assessing damages. “The plaintiffs, some of whom are my clients, are people who did some very bad things when they were ill, but they were not guinea pigs,” he said. “We think the judgment is important because it underscores that people who were found to be not criminally responsible by reason of insanity did not exist as specimens to build careers on.”
“I met one young man rolling on the floor in delirium and was told he was undergoing regression treatment,” said British psychiatrist John Gunn in a 2006 paper about a visit to Oak Ridge in the 1970s. “This was ‘to correct his adverse childhood by allowing him to be reborn into a caring group’ . I inquired about his diagnosis. I was told he was a ‘psychopath’ I asked the nature of his offence.
Bizarre sounds exactly like the mk - ultra doctrine how much of this is still continues in other hospitals. In 1983 the 'Dr.s' should have known better.The govt should have known better.Psychiatrists need Psychiatrists imo.
Just keep digging for horrors, murder hornets could be on the list of covid is getting old no? Leftist media getting bored.
What kind of society spends all its time looking for suffering porn? WTF! I am so tired of this nonsense. I get it. The world is a terrible place. onpoli cdnpoli
fordnation This s one fight you don’t want to continue Respect the decision, move on and make sure in the future the province does better
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