and the state (DCF).

Justina's former doctor, Tufts Medical Center specialist Dr. Mark Korson sent an email to the Pelletier's attorney regarding Boston Children's Hospital, their team of doctors and the somatoform diagnosis:

"I am dismayed. ... It feels like Justina's treatment team is out to prove the diagnosis at all costs. ... The (Boston Children's Hospital) team has demanded that Justina be removed from the home. ... This represents the most severe and intrusive intervention a patient can undergo ... for a clinical hunch," Dr. Korson wrote.

Justina Pelletier’s family is only allowed two twenty-minute phone calls with her per week.

In April of 2013, Justina was moved from her previous room in the hospital to an area of the hospital called Bader 5, the psychiatric ward. Though she vehemently opposedthe transfer, Boston Children's informed Justina that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - not her or her parents - would be making all choices regarding her future. Sadly, if the judge hearing her case does not put her custody back in the hands of her parents soon, then Justina may be forced to remain at the hospital until she turns 18 and can legally determine her own destiny.

By July, the Pelletiers were informed that the hospital was ready to release Justina, still 14-years-old at the time, from the hospital, though not to them. The new team of doctors "demanded that Justina be removed from the home and severe restrictions imposed on contact with her parents.

As the Pelletiers battle for custody of Justina, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families