A new report has raised concerns about the use of physical restraint and forced tube feeding in Edinburgh's inpatient mental ...

Reduction in the use of physical restraints was seen after implementation of an evidence-based intervention program.

In the first five months of 2024, staff physically restrained patients an average of 150 times per month, or five times in a ...

The Disability Law Colorado report claims excessive restraint and substandard conditions at the facility, which is a licensed ...

CCHR says legislative protections are needed prohibiting chemical and physical restraint and punitive seclusion rooms, not only in the U.S. but globally. Mental health industry watchdog says ...

We’ve probably all seen TV shows or movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (starring Jack Nicholson), where an individual with a mental illness is placed in a straitjacket in a psychiatric ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

The Secure Psychiatric Unit sits on the grounds of the New Hampshire State Prison complex in Concord. It houses people with serious mental illness, but it isn't licensed as a medical facility. Since ...