As the nation observes Black History Month, there is a continued need for legislative change to protect vulnerable patients ...

Following the in-custody death of Rolin Hill, Virginia Beach Sheriff Rocky Holcomb made immediate changes within the ...

mechanical restraint or both. More than half of the incidents occurred in an emergency department. Recommendation 54 of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System proposed the ...

There are real concerns about the reporting of the use of restraints in schools, ahead of new guidelines coming into force in September, the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection has said.

In addition, any non-natural death in a mental health unit now automatically triggers an investigation under the ... with 4,810 recorded instances of restrictive interventions (like physical, prone, ...

The Walker teenager's family want to see legal changes to guidelines for the use of "restrictive restraints" on mental health wards. These can involve a patient being physically or chemically ...

Falls from chairlifts injure skiers and snowboarders every year in Colorado, but the vast majority of falls are caused by user error rather than mechanical ...