And psychiatric treatment – even involuntary hospitalization and drugging – often coincides with, or worsens, violent outcomes. The true number would be higher, CCHR says, since toxicology results and treatment histories are often withheld. But the alleged perpetrator had already been involuntarily hospitalized, prescribed drugs, and cycled through prison, where psychiatric treatment is routine. [11]* Duxbury, MA (2023): A mother strangled her 3 children after discharge from a psychiatric hospital and being prescribed 13 psychiatric drugs for eight months prior. “The real issue is psychiatric incarceration and treatment itself often fails and worsens conditions.