“All persons with mental illness have a right to be free from harm, including unnecessary or excessive physical restraint, isolation, medication, abuse or neglect,” according to the California Welfare ...

The inspection of the Melville Unit in Edinburgh was the first in a series of visits to psychiatric wards ordered following ...

The use of physical restraint on children at Edinburgh’s in-patient mental health unit needs improvement, a report has said.

CONCERNS have been raised about the use of physical restraint on children in an Edinburgh mental health unit. A report has ...

Capt. Doug Fears, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, speaks during a ceremony to commission the cutter in Charleston, Dec. 6, 2014. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class ...

To the editor: I'd like to express displeasure with a practice being utilized in a local youth facility, the Girardot Center. The practice in question, commonly known as peer restraint, involves ...

The state has strict regulations about how students can be restrained in schools and residential centers like Meadowridge Academy.

The Arkansas Department of Health released a report detailing a death at a Human Development Center (HDC) in Southeast ...

Shedding new light on Chicago Public Schools’ recent disclosure that the district violated state laws in its use of physical restraint and isolation of students, a letter from the state education ...