Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Nov 2021 03:46:02 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Call for College of Psychiatrists to issue apology to Lake Alice abuse survivors https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/11/22/psychiatrists-lake-alice-abuse/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:54:15 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=142624 A group monitoring the work of the Abuse in Care inquiry is calling on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) to apologise to survivors of abuse at Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit in the 1970s. The Royal Commission Forum says the College colluded and was complicit in the abuse of Read more

Call for College of Psychiatrists to issue apology to Lake Alice abuse survivors... Read more]]> A group monitoring the work of the Abuse in Care inquiry is calling on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) to apologise to survivors of abuse at Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit in the 1970s.

The Royal Commission Forum says the College colluded and was complicit in the abuse of children at the unit, which was run by psychiatrist, Dr Selwyn Leeks.

Children in the unit were subjected to many forms of abuse, including the use of electroconvulsive therapy and drugs as a punishment.

Forum spokesperson Dr Oliver Sutherland said the college knew what was going on because he spoke to its annual meeting about it in 1977.

He said the college had neglected to raise concerns about the abuse despite being aware of it for the last 50 years. Read more

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