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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles General Medical Center restrained psychiatric patients at its inpatient unit at one of the highest rates in the nation ...

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 ...

A bill introduced last month in Missouri aims to protect healthcare workers from violent attacks by patients, according to NBC affiliate KSDK. Under the bill, healthcare facilities may not require ...

Patients, relatives and whistleblowers have described a culture of abuse at a mental health hospital, while 15 staff members ...

The appropriate use of patient restraints in health care settings can keep both patients and hospital staff safe from injury, but they are often overused and abused. It’s important to know what the ...

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.

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient ...