Talk:Godhavn inquiry

A fact from Godhavn inquiry appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Godhavn inquiry found that a psychiatrist gave children the antipsychotic medication chlorprothixene to stop bedwetting – which was neither standard nor validated by contemporary evidence?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:46, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Godhavn inquiry found that a psychiatrist gave children the antipsychotic medication chlorprothixene to stop bedwetting – which was neither standard nor validated by contemporary evidence?
- ALT1: ... that the Danish prime minister apologised for institutional abuse in children's homes between 1945 and 1976?
- ALT2: ... that a Danish psychiatrist gave residents of children's homes the antipsychotic drug flupentixol almost a decade before it was studied in children?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny
- Comment: My 40th article created - and a sad one. More hooks welcome, but I think focusing on the abuse is the only respectful way to present this article - nothing that sidesteps that harsh reality should be said about it.

Moved to mainspace by Urve (talk). Self-nominated at 12:09, 15 March 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough in mainspace and long enough. QPQ present. AGF on the offline sources, though ALT1 checks out. Urve, there is a discrepancy: 18 homes (lead) or 19 homes (body)? This is good to go otherwise, but that should be rectified. Thank you for this important contribution. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:10, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you for the review, kindness, and comments. I fixed the discrepancy: It should have been 18 others (so 19 in total). I will say as an aside that if anyone looks into the sources, they mention the brand names of these drugs, which I've genericized for the prose (and the hooks) - I think that's acceptable, but I try to be transparent. Urve (talk) 02:21, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Prosecution

Is anything known whether the perpetrators (headmasters, abusive teachers) have been prosecuted? Was there a cover up in government offices? Or did officials or royals collaborate with abusers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.207.180.128 (talk) 19:30, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody was ever prosecuted. As to whether there was a coverup, I don't know. I think this would be in the Report itself, but I have not read it. Urve (talk) 09:45, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]