Chapter 4 - THE FACILITY THAT DIDN'T ASK ENOUGH QUESTIONS
The facility was called Northwood Behavioral Recovery.
Private.
Expensive.
Discreet.
It did not advertise.
Its clients included executives, celebrities, and families willing to pay for privacy.
Northwood’s director, Dr. Alice Morgan, cooperated when investigators arrived with court orders.
She looked sick as records were reviewed.
Margaret had been admitted under an emergency psychiatric hold supported by:
a physician affidavit,
a family risk statement,
a healthcare-agent authorization,
and a letter claiming Margaret had threatened self-harm.
The physician affidavit bore Dr. Leonard Crane’s signature.
The family risk statement bore Adrian Hale’s.
The healthcare authorization listed Victor.
The self-harm letter was unsigned.
Dr. Morgan said:
“We believed the documents were valid.”
Rebecca asked:
“Did you independently evaluate her?”
“Yes.”
The first evaluation did not support severe psychosis.
That was important.
Northwood’s psychiatrist wrote:
Patient is distressed, distrustful of family, but oriented and coherent. Claims financial coercion. Requires verification.
Then, one day later, an amended note appeared.
Higher risk.
Paranoid ideation.
Continued involuntary stay recommended.
Who authored the amendment?
Not the psychiatrist.
A credentials audit showed the note had been entered under her login from an administrative terminal.
Someone changed the record.
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