New data from Massachusetts’ state mental hospital in Worcester is raising concerns about how long patients are being physically restrained. In an adult care unit in the Department of Mental Health’s ...

Two Iowa county jails misused restraint chairs against inmates who were in the throes of a mental health crisis, a new report from the Iowa Office of Ombudsman alleges.Restraint devices that are ...

A North East health boss says his staff "have made huge inroads" into ending the use of restraints such as handcuffs in mental health wards. James Duncan, chief executive of the Cumbria, ...