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Allegations of Abuse
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June 29 2007 Former patients in psychiatric hospitals between 1940 and
1992 have given harrowing accounts of neglect and abuse to a special forum
set up in 2005. The forum, chaired by Judge Patrick Mahoney, issued its
report yesterday and said 493 people attended its sessions, 80 per cent of
them ex-patients. Common themes that emerged included physical violence,
sexual misconduct and abuse, and a lack of care and compassion.
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