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In 1992, U.S. Representative Patricia Schroeder of Colorado held hearings investigating the practices of psychiatric hospitals in the United States. Rep. Schroeder summarized her committee's findings as follows:
"Our investigation has found that thousands of adolescents, children, and adults have been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment they didn't need;
that hospitals hire bounty hunters to kidnap patients with mental health insurance;
that patients are kept against their will until their insurance benefits run out;
that psychiatrists are being pressured by the hospitals to increase profit;
that hospitals 'infiltrate' schools by paying kickbacks to school counselors who deliver students;
that bonuses are paid to hospital employees, including psychiatrists, for keeping the hospital beds filled;
and that military dependents are being targeted for their generous mental health benefits."
(quoted in: Lynn Payer, Disease-Mongers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992, pp. 234-235).

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