Why Lawsuits about Psychiatric Malpractice Are Difficult to Win by Peter C. Gøtzsche at Brownstone Institute When people under psychiatric care commit suicide or homicide, or are killed or seriously harmed, because of medical malpractice, it is extremely rare that it has any consequences for the doctors. Psychiatry seems to be the only area in society where the law is being systematically violated all over the world. Even Ombudsman1 and Supreme Court decisions2 are being ignored. In 2003, ...