LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 6, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With $280 billion invested annually in psychiatric hospitals and treatment—and billions more paid out to treat the damage they cause—the mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) warns that continuing to fund the system without accountability is like pouring water into a sieve or patching a sinking ship with paper.

For-profit behavioral chains now control nearly one-third of all freestanding psychiatric beds in the U.S., up from less than one-quarter in 2011, while government-owned beds have fallen from 64% to 48%.[1] These corporate providers have been repeatedly exposed for abuse and neglect. Since 2015, over 120 youth treatment centers have closed after scandals, lawsuits, or safety violat

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