Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result ...

More than 14,300 patient deaths in medical facilities and hospitals across the U.S. involved them being placed in restraint or seclusion, a USA TODAY Network-New York investigation found. The newly ...

The use of pharmacologic restraints occurs in 3 percent of hospitalizations for children admitted with a primary mental health diagnosis, according to a study published online Dec. 11 in Pediatrics.

Some police departments in the United States continue to teach officers that neck restraints are a safe method for controlling agitated or aggressive people, but that's a dangerous myth, according to ...

UVM Medical Center’s main hospital campus in Burlington, VT. Courtesy of the hospital. State regulators have cited the University of Vermont Medical Center for how it used restraints on two patients ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Aged care providers will be subjected to mandatory reporting requirements on the use of physical ...