Where did the data come from? To report this story, The Times analyzed data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that has gathered restraint information from ...

Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...

Ministers consider ban after mental health campaigners reveal thousands of incidents where patients have been subject to controversial 'face-down' restraint The government is considering banning the ...

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 ...

Black patients presenting with psychiatric disorders to hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the US have significantly higher rates of chemical restraint than their White counterparts, new ...

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 ...

Tucson Medical Center has overhauled patient restraint procedures at its psychiatric ward, but not before a state authority investigated dozens of complaints and sent a special enforcement team to ...

LOS ANGELES — When he came home from the hospital, Marcelus Laidler began to wet the bed. His mother noticed he seemed leery, questioning everything she did. His ankles and wrists bore scars — the ...

Bridgewater State Hospital continues to use “unlawful and violent” restraint practices with patients and provides “inadequate access to appropriate medical care,” all while failing to address ...