Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman Calls Nick Reiner’s Rehab Facilities Scams

Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman — previously the president of the American Psychiatric Association — stopped by “TMZ Live,” sharing some disturbing perception into the a number of rehab services … which in the end failed Rob and Michele Reiner‘s son Nick.

Before his dad and mom’ tragic murders, Nick was out and in of rehab not less than 18 instances. While Nick struggled with substance abuse, Dr. Lieberman prompt the care he acquired was palliative at greatest … and after-care at rehabilitation packages is usually insufficient, leading to a revolving-door repetition of therapy and launch.

Lieberman stated, “[Rehab centers] don’t necessarily provide mental healthcare for a primary diagnosis such as schizophrenia, which may have been the reason that impelled Nick to use illegal medications, which he became addicted to.”

He continued … “What these rehab programs do is … They’re scams for the most part. They admit you. They charge a lot of money. They detox, and they keep you for a certain amount of time, and they release you. But the aftercare is the key here. There isn’t adequate aftercare provided, and patients then relapse, and it becomes a revolving door.”

A really costly revolving door at that. Some of the locations reportedly charged tens of hundreds of {dollars} for a month’s keep.

Some have identified Nick had been displaying warning indicators when his drugs have been altered in a approach that left him unstable. While Lieberman says it ought to fall on docs to identify harmful habits and prescribe in affected person care when mandatory, he admitted the regulation ties their arms.

“The rules for civil commitment, or treatment of a patient over objection, or hospitalizing them over objection are so stringent that a person has to literally commit a crime before they can be forcibly admitted to the hospital or required to take medication,” he stated.

This even applies in Nick’s case, the place he was allegedly utilizing cocaine, which Lieberman stated is like “throwing gas on a fire” for schizophrenics.

Lieberman lamented, “What we have here is a result of the inattention to this problem, which is good mental healthcare … We’re introducing to the population ticking time bombs.”