For decades, modern warfare relied on the idea that overwhelming firepower could compensate for imperfect information and ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommended guidance and supervision to a mental healthcare institution that ...

Autumn Bardisa, 29, was arrested on Tuesday, the sheriff's office said. A woman in Florida was arrested after posing as a nurse and treating over 4,000 patients without a license, according to the ...

Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. In 2021 and 2022 ...

Introduction Despite expert recommendations to prioritise non-invasive and patient-centred approaches for behavioural crisis management, physical restraints are commonly used in the emergency ...

Julieta* grew weaker as her illness progressed. She was a frail, 4'11", elderly woman battling terminal cancer who began punching the air, trying to assert control over an unfamiliar reality. As her ...

The imposing stone facade of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, looms against the sky like something straight out of a gothic novel – except this particular nightmare was ...

Abstract: Ensuring patient safety and maximizing care delivery in healthcare settings requires effective monitoring of patient movement and restraint usage. To address this challenge, this paper ...

Seni’s Law in the UK bans the disproportionate and inappropriate use of face-down psychiatric restraint because it kills patients. The death industry that is psychiatry doesn’t care. The young man ...

Nursing homes are increasingly turning to robots to complete a variety of care tasks to offset high employee turnover and an aging population. In 2022, for instance, more than 57 million U.S.