Timberlawn is run as a profit center for the doctors and a prison for the patients. The average stay is over a year as doctors exaggerate and tell outright lies to the patient's family how bad their condition is. The doctors will do almost anything to avoid releasing a patient even those who are self-admitted. They call up family members and express "concern" the patient will kill himself if released. They threaten patients they will get a court order barring their release. Patients are commonly tied to their beds for days at a time for various acts of misconduct. Less than 10% of the patients suffer from mental problems but are alcohol and drug users. The facilities are poverty level inside the areas where the patients actually stay but they are nice where outsiders visit. It's all part of a deliberate con job to make money. They have been investigated and Jane Pauley of NBC did a segment on this "hospital." If you doubt me, talk to anyone who's been at this facility.
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