Practices such seclusion and restraint in mental health centres have fallen to the lowest level since national reporting began. A report from watchdog, the Mental Health Commission, looked at the use ...

The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion/ Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Duke University law students argued to ...

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 ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient ...

Black psychiatric inpatients are 85% more likely to be restrained with a physical or mechanical hold or with medication than White patients, and often for longer periods, new research suggests. The ...

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We should push our governments to better report on who’s being involuntarily committed and why, and if they’re more often ...