Would you want to be pushed into a padded cell & drugged for almost everything you do?
No? Didn't think so. If that thought isn't enough; read this.


"Youthdale's Illegal Actions...EXPOSED!

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All information contained on this page is FACTUAL, and proof of the examples given is contained in Youthdale's Patient Files.



Here are a few things that will shock you!

You may know Youthdale as a highly regarded and well known treatment facility, which is supposed to help children. What you might not know is what actually happens inside Youthdale's main treatment facility, and that what they do may be causing more harm than good.

One example of Youthdale's bad antics is their excessive (and sometimes unnecessary) use of restraints, weather it be chemical, mechanical, or otherwise.

One thing Youthdale doesn't want their former patients to know is that some of these actions were in fact illegal. Yes, you read it right...illegal. What did Youthdale do that is illegal? Read on to find out!

A former patient, who was admitted to Youthdale in 1998 at the age of 11, and suffered a horrific experience, has come forward with medical records that show things you'd never expect to see with such a well known institution.

This patient's parents were led to believe that Youthdale was a place that was simply going to 'switch the patient's medications and monitor the blood pressure 24/7'. Instead, their homesick child was heavily drugged with anti-psychotic drugs, and placed in an isolation room for over 25 hours shortly after admission. This patient was also given certain psychotropic medications without obtaining written authorization of any kind for their use, or drugs that aren't approved for use in anyone under the age of 18.

This former patient's parents would never have placed their child in Youthdale had they known what would really happen.

This former patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, and is now over the age of majority, filed suit against Youthdale in August 2005. The matter was settled in March 2006, and after a careful review of this patient's settlement agreement, it was determined that there is no confidentiality agreement in effect. We have placed some of these medical records on our website, and they are available for the public to view.

This patient found that Youthdale had been in violation of several sections of the Child and Family Services Act, with respect to various things including the administeration of psychotropic medications and use of the isolation room.

This patient's findings included:

1. A 'Psychotropic Medication Consent Form' that was almost 9 (YES, NINE) years out of date at the time it was signed by the patient's mother

We believe that this form was likely written before the Child and Family Services Act came into effect in 1990.

This form is NOT a valid consent because it does not meet the criteria as stated in clause 132 (2) of the Child and Family Services Act, and therefore all druggings on this and any other patient for which this form was used are unlawful, even in an emergency situation,

Clause 132 (2) of the Child and Family Services Act states:

A consent referred to in subsection (1) shall identify the psychotropic drug clearly and shall specify,

(a) what condition the psychotropic drug is intended to alleviate;

(b) the range of intended dosages;

(c) the risks and possible side effects associated with the psychotropic drug, and how they vary with different dosages; and

(d) the frequency with which and the period of time during which the psychotropic drug is to be administered.

The 'Psychotropic Medication consent form' that was found in the file (see it here: http://www.youthdale.com/files.html):

A) DOES NOT contain a range of intended dosages. Instead, the form only gives a maximum dosage of each drug in a 24-hour period.

B) The form DOES state the risks and possible side effects associated with the drug, but NOT how they vary with different dosages.

C) DOES NOT state the frequency with which the psychotropic drug is to be administered

2. This former patient was given the medication Clonidine without obtaining any kind of written consent from the patient's mother. THIS IS A HIGHLY ILLEGAL ACTION, THAT, IF CONVICTED, CAN RESULT IN A LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE, under section 245 of the Criminal Code for 'Administering Noxious Substances'.



3. Youthdale staff, on a regular basis, forcefully drug patients with medications such as Nozinan (Methotrimeprazine) or Loxapac (Loxapine) for very minor issues or for almost any sort of misbehavior, without considering their views and preferences.

If a patient refuses to take their medication, they are told that if they don't take their medication, that they will have to get it in a needle. If the patient still refuses to take the medication, they are often either pinned down to the floor by youth workers or put in mechanical restraints and then usually drugged by injection against their will.



Clause 132 (3) states:

A service provider shall not administer or permit the administration of a psychotropic drug to a child in the service providers care who is less than sixteen years of age or lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 without first considering the childs views and preferences, where they can be reasonably ascertained.

Therefore, Youthdale cannot administer drugs by threatening the patients with needles, as they are not considering the patient's views and preferences.

4. Shortly after admission, this former patient, already heavily drugged on the psychotropic drug Nozinan, was dragged into the isolation room and was told that they were not to leave, and they were kept in the room for over 25 hours-a period exceeding even the weekly maximum for the use of isolation

This isolation room is called the Intensive Care Unit or 'ICU', and contains a restraint bed, barred lights controlled from the office, a heavy locking door, and a viewing window looking out to the office.

This patient was kept in the isolation room for a total of 25 hours, 5 minutes, only being allowed out to use the washroom. The patient was placed in the room without obtaining permission from a director of the facility (which is in fact REQUIRED due to the patient's age at the time), and the reason given for this action was because of 'homesickness'. This is definitely NOT a remedy for homesickness, and there are less restrictive methods available for keeping the situation under control, and is therefore an action in violation of the Act.

Clause 127 (3) of the Child and Family Services Act states:

A child may be placed in a secure isolation room where,

(a) in the service providers opinion,

(i) the childs conduct indicates that the child is likely, in the immediate future, to cause serious property damage or to cause another person serious bodily harm, and

(ii) no less restrictive method of restraining the child is practicable; and

(b) where the child is less than twelve years of age, a Director gives permission for the child to be placed in a secure isolation room because of exceptional circumstances.

Clause 127 (8) states:

'In no event shall a child be kept in a secure isolation room for a period or periods that exceed an aggregate of eight hours in a given twenty-four hour period or an aggregate of twenty-four hours in a given week.'

This fomer patient had filed several complaints under section 109 with Youthdale, and all complaints were ignored. As well, even the 'Further review' requested under section 110 of the act was ignored by Marilyn Renwick of the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. In our opinion, if these complaints are being ignored, those responsible for handling these complaints should be demoted to scrubbing toilets.

The Anti Child-Drugging Movement decided to investigate the Ministry's decision to ignore this former patient's complaints. We ran credit checks on Youthdale through both Equifax and Dun & Bradstreet and found that there were no lawsuits relating to medical malpractice, but rather only a few employment issues. To this date, still no lawsuits relating to medical malpractice have shown up on Youthdale's credit bureau reports, and we figure that this may indeed be the reason behind these complaints not being taken seriously. This, however, can be changed, but only with your help!

On June 3, we pulled Youthdale's credit report from Equifax, and noticed Youthdale had been seeking credit for a rather strange thing...Wholesale Construction and Mining Equipment....who knows what Youthdale would ever do with construction and mining equipment?!?!?!?!



Now that you know what goes on in there, why not help us by writing to your local MPP, or the Minister of Children and Youth Services. Please feel free to submit your comments to us. In the future, we may post them on our site. Please send any comments to webmaster@youthdale.com. We would appreciate it if those who have had experiences with Youthdale fill in the form on the 'Submit your Information' page."



That information was found on http://www.youthdale.com ;;
go ahead & check out that site if you please. I'm not going to sit here & let my friend be put into a place like that though. I would hope you would do the same. Lets come together; maybe if we can get enough signatures, we can show Gabie's parents that this isn't right & hopefully they won't send him there.