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 ...

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Study identifies 229 deaths linked to prone restraint. Deaths can involve loss of circulation and ventilation. A disproportionate number of fatalities involve Black people. “I can’t breathe.” In ...

The newly reported details of patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion spanned from 2020 through 2023. The deaths happened at hospitals in every state except Alaska, with some individual ...