IN-DEPTH: Allegations of False Imprisonment and Insurance Fraud Mount Against Prominent Arkansas Psychiatrist

Several former patients have brought lawsuits against Dr. Brian Hyatt, a prominent Alabama psychiatrist, for allegedly holding them against their will in a mental health unit and neglecting to provide any medical care while collecting fraudulent payments from their insurance companies.

Dr. Brian Hyatt was the director of the behavioral health unit at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas, shown here in May 2018. Google Maps

After voluntarily checking himself into the mental health unit for anxiety and depression at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas, in March 2022, William VanWhy found himself confined and unable to leave, although there was no court order keeping him there.

It was like a horror movie in real life, he told The Epoch Times.