Social Services and Psychiatry: The Case of Justina Pelletier
Behaviorism and Mental Health – May 9, 2014 By Philip Hickey, Ph.D. The controversy surrounding Justina Pelletier and her family has expanded its scope in…
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Modern Day Salem—Boston Psychiatric Unit’s Imprisonment of Teenager Justina Pelletier Needs State Investigation into Reckless Endangerment of Psychiatric Diagnosing
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara March 27, 2014 For thirteen months, Lou and Linda Pelletier’s youngest daughter, Justina, has been a prisoner at the hands of…
Help Justina Pelletier: A Victim of Psychiatric False Imprisonment and Human Rights Abuse
By CCHR International March 5, 2014 Fifteen-year-old Justina Pelletier has been held against her family’s wishes in a psychiatric ward inside Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH)…
First, Do No Harm: How We Failed Justina Pelletier and Her Family
Huffington Post – February 23, 2014 By Cristy Balcells Justina Pelletier has been in the news lately. She’s a 15-year-old girl from West Hartford, CT…
Boston Children’s Hospital – A Prison For Children
Fiddaman Blog – February 24, 2014 By Bob Fiddaman 15-year-old Justina Pelletier was diagnosed with mitochondrial disorder, a chronic, genetic disorder that occurs when the mitochondria of…