Greyhound_therapy Knowpia

Greyhound therapy is a pejorative term used in the US health care system since the mid-1960s to refer to mental health authorities' buying a ticket on a Greyhound Lines bus or other coach bus to get rid of possible "troublemaker" patients.^[1]^[2]

The practice is still in use in certain mental-health circles.^[3]^[4]

Diesel therapy or motorcoach therapy or "bus therapy" are similar terms for the practice and are usually used pejoratively.

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^ Margaret Downing (2000-07-06). "Board and Care(less) - Page 1 - News - Houston". Houston Press. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
^ "'Greyhound Therapy' Detailed at Officers' Trial - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
^ Smith, John L. (2013-09-23). "Nevada Sued For 'Greyhound Therapy' For Mentally Ill Patients". The Daily Beast. Thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
^ "Hawaii Homeless Initiative Would Send Some Back To Mainland : The Two-Way". NPR.org. NPR. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-12-04.

[1] Margaret Downing (2000-07-06). "Board and Care(less) - Page 1 - News - Houston". Houston Press. Retrieved 2013-12-04.

[2] "'Greyhound Therapy' Detailed at Officers' Trial - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2013-12-04.

[3] Smith, John L. (2013-09-23). "Nevada Sued For 'Greyhound Therapy' For Mentally Ill Patients". The Daily Beast. Thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04.

[4] "Hawaii Homeless Initiative Would Send Some Back To Mainland : The Two-Way". NPR.org. NPR. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2013-12-04.

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