The Beekeeper House

Assessed 2026-10-01

Headline basis: Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01

Public-evidence total: 41

The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements. For the licence element of C2 only, it can also use an authority ruling held in our sealed evidence room. It is the only number used for the rank.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium. ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: C10.

C1 Client separation and occupancy · 4

Every client has a private en suite villa-style room with a private bathroom and balcony. Clients receive seven group psychology sessions a week and share amenities, so the programme is a shared residential model, which rules out the bands reserved for separated or single-client settings. No client-count or single-client claim is made, and the clinic's own pages agree on the occupancy model, so no contradiction deduction applies. No separation measure beyond statute is published.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (3 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: The centre is described as a resort-style treatment centre spread over 2 hectares, with villa-style en suite rooms each having a private bathroom and balcony.
• The Beekeeper House: Clients receive two individual psychology sessions and seven group psychology sessions each week, and group work is described as allowing them to be in the company of others.
• The Beekeeper House: After the first 24 hours clients carry their phone freely and have full access to a laptop, and the FAQ does not address other clients' confidentiality.

C2 Clinical governance and medical cover · 4

A psychiatrist is named as Medical Director and assesses clients entering detox, and most withdrawal is managed on site. The Thai Ministry of Public Health licence is stated by the clinic only, with no licence number, and no register entry could be retrieved, so the licensing element is scored as absent, which caps the criterion. Without licensing, band 5 would need a physician or psychiatrist on site or on call overnight; the clinic states 24-hour cover by a nursing team only. The hosted AACI certificate supports current accreditation, but that element only raises the band once licensing is met, and the partner hospital for more extensive detox is not named on the same page, so no escalation route is credited.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The Thai licence register routes could not be reached, so licensing is unresolved rather than disproved.
• The accreditor directory status was read as Accredited in a later check, while the linked evidence item records the status field as empty; the later reading is not captured as its own evidence item.
• The element reading for this criterion is not published as a list; the band is explained in the reasoning.

Sources (9 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: The clinic states that it is licensed by the Thai Ministry of Public Health. No licence number is published, and no Ministry register entry was found on 2026-09-15.
• The Beekeeper House: The clinic hosts an AACI accreditation certificate for The Beekeeper House Company Limited at the Mae Rim address, classification Psychiatric and Behavioral Facilities, certificate C285-2025-ACC-TH-IEEA, accredited 6 November 2025 and valid until 5 November 2028, with no level stated.
• The Beekeeper House: Clients entering detox are assessed by the medical director, who co-designs the programme, and the clinic states 24-hour medical supervision by its medical team.
• The Beekeeper House: The programme page states: "Most needs for detoxification can be managed onsite at The Beekeeper House. However, if you require a more extensive detox, the Beekeeper staff will arrange your transport to our partner hospital in Chiang Mai".
• AACI accredited/certified organisations directory: Search of AACI accredited/certified organisations directory. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: record found.
• ISQua EEA awards list (status of AACI itself): Search of ISQua EEA awards list (status of AACI itself). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: record found: AACI America LLC, Accredited Organisation May 2026 to May 2030; Accredited Standards v6.0 Aug 2023 to Aug 2027.
• JCI accredited organisations search: Search of JCI accredited organisations search. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• CARF Find a Provider, location search 'Chiang Mai, Thailand', 500 mi radius: Search of CARF Find a Provider, location search 'Chiang Mai, Thailand', 500 mi radius. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.
• Thailand Healthcare Accreditation Institute (HA), HA/A-HA accredited facilities CSV, as of 31 Aug 2026: Search of Thailand Healthcare Accreditation Institute (HA), HA/A-HA accredited facilities CSV, as of 31 Aug 2026. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (accreditation). Result: no record found.

C3 Diagnostic depth on admission · 3

One assessment element is established: a medical evaluation on arrival, including a drugs and alcohol test, with the psychiatrist Medical Director assessing detox clients. The pre-admission call is run by admissions staff, psychiatric evaluation is given only if required rather than as standard, and no laboratory panel, ECG, imaging, named withdrawal instrument or written formulation is published, so no second element is met.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (4 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: A member of the admissions team schedules a call to conduct a preliminary assessment and passes the details to the clinical team for review.
• The Beekeeper House: On arrival the on-site team conducts a medical evaluation including a drugs and alcohol test and a deeper assessment of needs.
• The Beekeeper House: Psychiatry is available if needed and all clients receive a psychiatric evaluation if required, rather than as standard.
• The Beekeeper House: Clients entering detox are assessed by the medical director, who co-designs the programme, and the clinic states 24-hour medical supervision by its medical team.

C4 Clinical intensity · 3

Clients receive two 90-minute individual sessions a week, stated as a minimum, which is three hours of one-to-one contact against seven group sessions, so about two thirds of scheduled clinical hours are in groups. Each client is paired with one therapist, but how many clients that therapist carries at once is not stated, so no dedicated team is established. No clinician is stated to stay overnight in the residence. The group-share cap does not bind at this band.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• Therapist concurrency is not published.

Sources (3 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: Clients receive two individual psychology sessions and seven group psychology sessions each week, with each individual session lasting 90 minutes.
• The Beekeeper House: Each client is paired with a fully qualified therapist dedicated to supporting them throughout the stay, with a minimum of two therapy sessions a week. Concurrency is not stated.
• The Beekeeper House: The minimum stay is 35 days, and the clinic facilitates the visa extension process for stays beyond 90 days.

C5 Continuity and aftercare · 5

Four aftercare elements are met: a written plan begun early in treatment, check-ins and meetings with the clinic's own clinical team, an app-delivered remote format, and a clinical transition package with one free 30-minute session. No aftercare duration, psychiatric follow-up, in-person step-down, family involvement, coordination with outside doctors or six months of structured contact is published, so band 6 is not reached.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Sources (3 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: The treatment team begins creating an aftercare plan early in the recovery process, and the FAQ lists a customised plan.
• The Beekeeper House: The aftercare app provides virtual progress monitoring, check-ins and meetings with the clinic's own clinical team.
• The Beekeeper House: The clinical transition package includes one free 30-minute session with the option to purchase additional sessions, at no published price.

C6 Admission integrity and commercial conduct · 3

One violation stands: commercial award badges are displayed inside the associations and qualifications strip on the second brand site and in the home page badge strip, beside accreditation and professional body marks, which presents a commercial award as accreditation. One positive signal is met: the clinic states it will refer clients it is not best placed to help. Price is referred to the admissions team, no referral-fee position is published, and the leave-at-any-time policy does not address third-party arranged admissions, so no further positive signal is met. One violation with fewer than three positive signals gives band 3.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low

Sources (5 cited items):

• beekeepermentalhealth.com: The associations and qualifications strip on the second brand site lists a government seal, IATP, HCPC, RMS, a Healthcare Asia Awards logo, a British Society logo, a hospital logo and the AACI accreditation mark together.
• The Beekeeper House: The homepage badge strip combines BPS, Cigna, APA, US Department of Veterans Affairs and AACI marks with a trade technology award badge and a 2026 commercial awards winner badge.
• The Beekeeper House: The clinic states that where it collectively does not feel best placed to help, it will make a referral wherever possible, and the cost page refers pricing to the admissions team.
• The Beekeeper House: The cost page lists inclusions covering clinical assessment, detox support, evidence-based therapy, recovery planning and cultural excursions, and describes pricing as all-inclusive while publishing no figure for the clinic.
• clinic and group domains, web search: Search of clinic and group domains, web search. Scope: domains checked beekeeperhouse.com (home, our-centre, FAQ, team, residential programme, detox, aftercare, admissions, our-approach, thailand-rehab-costs, choose-rehab-in-thailand, in-the-media, privacy-policy, robots.txt, llms.txt), beekeepermentalhealth.com (home, our-centre).... Result: sweep recorded; outcome per the C6 V elements.

C7 Transparency toward the client · 6

Five transparency elements are met: fee inclusions, deposit and refund terms (25 percent non-refundable deposit, discretionary credit or partial refund within 72 hours), an accreditation certificate number, the legal operating entity, and a stated limit, as more extensive detox is arranged at a partner hospital. Band 7 needs six elements. No extension fee terms, ownership disclosure, complaints route to an external body, inspection result or data retention period is published. The differing minimum stay figures on two pages concern a programme term, not a fee or ownership figure, so no contradiction deduction applies.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The minimum stay is stated as 35 days in the FAQ and 30 days on the detox page.

Sources (5 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: A 25 percent non-refundable deposit secures a booking with the balance due before arrival, with a discretionary credit or partial refund within the first 72 hours and no refunds after that except for medical emergencies.
• The Beekeeper House: The cost page lists inclusions covering clinical assessment, detox support, evidence-based therapy, recovery planning and cultural excursions, and describes pricing as all-inclusive while publishing no figure for the clinic.
• The Beekeeper House: The privacy policy names the operating entity and a data protection officer, cites PDPA and UK GDPR, and states retention only as long as necessary, with no retention period and no complaints route to an external body.
• The Beekeeper House: The programme page states: "Most needs for detoxification can be managed onsite at The Beekeeper House. However, if you require a more extensive detox, the Beekeeper staff will arrange your transport to our partner hospital in Chiang Mai".
• The Beekeeper House: The clinic hosts an AACI accreditation certificate for The Beekeeper House Company Limited at the Mae Rim address, classification Psychiatric and Behavioral Facilities, certificate C285-2025-ACC-TH-IEEA, accredited 6 November 2025 and valid until 5 November 2028, with no level stated.

C8 Track record and regulator standing · 5

No final regulator, court or tribunal finding and no allegation was found in English-language searches. No statutory inspection record exists, the national newspaper item listed on the media page could not be read behind a paywall, the other media items sit in contributor or partner content sections, and no second independent review platform figure was retrievable. With no finding and none of the independent signals, band 5 applies. The centre launch was announced in June 2022, which raises no years-in-operation flag.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• No Thai court or enforcement database was searchable without login, so absence of findings is not proof of absence.

Sources (12 cited items):

• thaipr.net: The launch of the Chiang Mai centre was announced in June 2022 in the operator's own press release, recorded as a years-in-operation floor flag only.
• The Beekeeper House: The media page lists a national newspaper item whose direct fetch returned HTTP 402 behind a paywall, a USA Today item whose URL sits in a contributor-content section, and a trade award item whose URL sits in a co-written partner section.
• facebook.com: A Facebook page for the Chiang Mai centre is indexed at not yet rated with one review, and no Trustpilot profile was located.
• AACI accredited/certified organisations directory: Search of AACI accredited/certified organisations directory. Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: no record found.
• Thailand DHSS private health facility check (privatehospital.hss.moph.go.th): Search of Thailand DHSS private health facility check (privatehospital.hss.moph.go.th). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: source unreachable at time of search: HTTP 504 Gateway Time-out from an upstream proxy on two attempts; Direct page fetch timed out after 60s.
• Thailand DHSS private health facility check system (hosp.hss.moph.go.th): Search of Thailand DHSS private health facility check system (hosp.hss.moph.go.th). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: source unreachable at time of search: connection refused (ECONNREFUSED) via Direct page fetch; browser navigation failed.
• DHSS Medical Registration Division list of inpatient private facilities (mrd.hss.moph.go.th): Search of DHSS Medical Registration Division list of inpatient private facilities (mrd.hss.moph.go.th). Scope: register entry for the clinic or its operator (last inspection). Result: source unreachable at time of search: connection refused (ECONNREFUSED) via Direct page fetch; browser navigation failed.
• CourtListener opinions and RECAP API (v4 search): Search of CourtListener opinions and RECAP API (v4 search). Scope: "Beekeeper House" (type o). Result: no record found.
• general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Beekeeper House" Chiang Mai rehab court OR lawsuit OR raid OR licence. Result: no record found.
• general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: Chiang Mai rehab centre foreigners raided OR shut down OR lawsuit "The Dawn" OR "Beekeeper". Result: no record found.
• press and news search: Search of press and news search. Scope: first-hand bylined reporting from inside the facility, last 5 years. Result: record found: Not established. The Bangkok Post piece "Nature's healing power" returned HTTP 402 (paywall), so its byline, date and content are not verified; the USA Today item is contributor content; the....
• statutory regulator records: Search of statutory regulator records. Scope: inspection history and grades of this site. Result: no record found.

C9 Environment, safety and nutrition · 5

C9 is the mean of a housing score of 5 and a nutrition score of 5. Housing meets four elements: two hectares of gardens with pool, yoga sala and recreation sala, residence staff named by role including a night manager, and a 24-hour emergency department at Chiangmai Ram Hospital about 20 minutes by road, a time derived by Leading Rehabs and not published by the clinic. No therapy room description, emergency equipment, medication storage policy or licensed-address record is published, so housing does not reach band 6. Nutrition meets three elements, partly resting on one holistic practitioner named by first name only, with dietary requirements catered for on request.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• The road time origin is a town-level geocode for Mae Rim because the house number is not mapped.
• The emergency department verification source is not captured as its own evidence item.

Sources (4 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: The centre is set over two hectares of botanical gardens with a resort-style pool, a yoga and meditation sala and a recreation sala, and Thai cooking classes are offered to clients.
• The Beekeeper House: The team page names residence staff by role: head of housekeeping, housekeepers, head groundsman, gardeners, maintenance and a night manager, and a holistic practitioner specialising in yoga, sound healing, nutrition and Ayurveda by first name only.
• The Beekeeper House: Prohibited items include drugs and alcohol with bag searches on arrival, clients may bring sealed prescribed medication, visitors are discussed with the client's psychologist after the first two weeks, and dietary requirements are catered for on request.
• The Beekeeper House: Place of care named as: The Beekeeper House, 220/12 Moo 3, Saluang, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai 50330

C10 Clinical seniority and academic standing · 3

The clinical core is small and no clinician reaches specialist tier on cases. Six surnamed clinicians publish a registrable credential, including a psychiatrist Medical Director and psychologists registered with UK and Australian regulators, but no registration numbers are published and every register lookup is still open. A clinical team leader, a clinical psychologist, two nurses and the consultant Thai doctor are published by first name or one name only, so their credentials cannot be checked.

ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: Clinician register lookups for this criterion were still open at the edition cut-off (see known_gaps). The points count as assessed on the evidence available; the band may change when the lookups are completed, which is resolved in a later edition.

ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium

Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:

• All clinician register lookups remain open.
• Foreign qualifications of the named clinicians are not verified.

Sources (3 cited items):

• The Beekeeper House: The team page names a Psychiatrist and Medical Director, a UK-trained counselling psychologist as Associate Programme Development and Quality Director, a Principal Psychologist registered with the Australian regulator, an HCPC-registered counselling psychologist and two external clinical supervisors, with no registration numbers.
• beekeepermentalhealth.com: A clinical team leader, a clinical psychologist, a senior nurse, a charge nurse and a consultant Thai doctor are published by first name or one name only, so their credentials cannot be checked on any register.
• aacihealthcare.com: The accreditor's published directory carries an entry for the operating company, country Thailand, classification psychiatric hospital, published 2025-11-14, with the status and programme fields empty.