Physical restraints in emergency departments (EDs) are used to keep staff and patients safe, but may lead to adverse physical consequences, such as aspiration, physical trauma and phycological harm of ...

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — There were over 200 physical restraints of students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District during the 2023-24 school year, and suspensions have increased since the 2022-23 school ...

A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result of being held in physical restraints, as recorded in the patient’s ...

Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. U.S. health care ...

A new study from Duke-NUS Medical School has highlighted the widespread use of physical restraints among caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia living at home, revealing a need for better ...

Reduction in the use of physical restraints was seen after implementation of an evidence-based intervention program. Between December 2024 and January 2025 no physical restraint episodes occurred in ...

A review published by the Baylor College of Medicine found adult Black patients were significantly more likely to be physically restrained in emergency departments compared with all other patients.

The use of restraint and seclusion in Hamden and Clinton schools rose sharply last year, new state data shows, part of a troubling statewide trend that has been growing in recent years. Hamden Public ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released a new report Tuesday, showing a decrease in the number of incidents in Wisconsin public schools using seclusion or ...