A Survivor of the Madison Center in Indiana

MENTAL HEALTH CENTER'S PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS PROVEN WRONG BY BRAIN TUMOR In 1996, mother-of-five Kathy Nisley of Mishawaka, Indiana, sought treatment for depression at Madison Center, a psychiatric facility in South Bend, Indiana. From June 1996 to October 2003, she was labeled with "severe depression," then "bipolar," then finally "borderline personality disorder." Kathy was given psychotropic drugs in increasing doses and combinations that caused her to become psychotic. She ended up being hospitalized five times in a psychiatric ward. Her family witnessed her psychiatric drug-induced psychosis, suicide attempts and self-mutilation while under the influence of these drugs. Inspite of her report that she was no longer suicidal or self mutilating after she weaned herself the drugs, she was threatened with hospitalization for non compliance of treatment if she didn't take the medication. In 2001, she started taking the prescriptions, but not filling them and not reporting that she was non-compliant. The suicidal ideations and self mutilation ceased, although the depression remained severe. In November 2004, Kathy experienced a grand mal seizure. A few days later, a neurosurgeon removed a tennis ball-sized meningioma (tumor) from her left frontal lobe. [pic1 , pic2] Her depression subsequently disappeared. Her surgeon estimated it to have been growing in her skull for between 10 and 15 years. Her husband demanded proof from the psychiatrists that she was ever mentally ill. He was told that they didn’t have any proof they could only go by her symptoms. He was dismissed as being in denial in spite of the fact that they were married for 20 years without incident.

Kathy has since fully recovered and is enjoying life with her husband and family. She is now a proud grandmother of three.

A Similar Article Was Published By The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International. On the psychcrime.org click on the article Misdiagnosis is Malpractice to locate the original article.

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