It was over three decades ago. It was a joke then - thus the headline. I can remember seeing one child strapped down basically 24/7 and Thorozined up. I can remember about six staff members carrying in one small kid who was told he had to stay and strapping him in to a bed (the staff loved the threat/actual use of restraints). I remember that lying by the staff was the protocol; that a psychologist would pop in for about 30 seconds to visit - but no time to talk. Basically it was warehousing. No therapy was ever given. The few assistants who actually cared never stayed - they tended to be let go. When a child reached 18 and tried to sign themselves out, they were forced to sit on a chair (or be held with straps) and informed that the hospital was going to court. I wouldn't send my worse enemy there. My sin - being ADHD (undiagnoised).
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