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  2. Medical restraint - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S. in the late 2010s and into the 2020s (so far), restraint of psychiatric patients and/or people with mental disorders (for all purpose other than very temporarily if another person would be in danger) has come under heavy fire from many professionals (such as those in the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective) and human rights groups (such as Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint ...

  3. Cage bed - Wikipedia

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    A cage bed is a bed with either metal bars or netting designed to restrain a person of any given age, including children, within the boundaries of the bed. They were once commonplace in Central and Eastern Europe and used to restrain disabled people, including autistic people and those with learning difficulties , epilepsy , hyperactivity and ...

  4. Padded cell - Wikipedia

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    A no longer in use padded cell at the Old Melbourne Gaol in Melbourne, Australia.Photographed in 2012. A woman in a seclusion room, 1889. A padded cell or seclusion room is a controversial enclosure used in a psychiatric hospital or a special education setting in a private or public school, in which there are cushions lining the walls and sometimes has a cushioned floor as well.

  5. Revealed: Scandal of mentally ill children dumped on the ...

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    One organisation told me that they had started to provide mental health support to medical staff carrying out restraint under these circumstances.” ... mental health bed. ... mental health ...

  6. Posey vest - Wikipedia

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    A Posey vest is a type of medical restraint used to restrain a patient to a bed or chair. [1] Its name comes from the J.T. Posey Company, its inventor, though the term "Posey" is used generically to describe all such devices. [2]

  7. Iowa worst in the nation for state psychiatric beds, report ...

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    A new report out Wednesday shows Iowa has just 2 state-run psychiatric hospital beds per 100,000 Iowans. Gov. Kim Reynolds has a plan that could help.

  8. Straitjacket - Wikipedia

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    The effect of a straitjacket as a restraint makes it of special interest in escapology. The straitjacket is also a staple prop in stage magic. The straitjacket comes from the Georgian era of medicine. Physical restraint was used both as treatment for mental illness and to pacify patients in understaffed asylums.

  9. Four Tops singer sues hospital, says he was put in restraint ...

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    The lead singer of the Four Tops has sued a Detroit-area hospital for racial discrimination, claiming its staff placed him into a restraining jacket and ordered a psychiatric evaluation because ...