Grand Forks Herald

North Dakota children sat on, strapped into restraint chairs, confined to storage room, reports say

BISMARCK - A 6-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and ADHD is found with unexplained bruises after being strapped in a wooden “restraint chair” in a North Dakota public school. An 11-year-old boy with ...
STAT

Black people are more likely to be physically restrained in emergency rooms, study finds

In the chaotic environment of an emergency room, hospital staffers sometimes face the question of whether to use physical restraints when a patient is experiencing a behavioral crisis. Using ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Seclusion rooms and restraints used in New Brunswick hospital: report

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's ombudswoman released a damning report Tuesday on the province's use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in adult psychiatric facilities, practices she said ...

Seclusion rooms, restraints used with little documentation in N.B. psych hospital

The 66-page report is based on a nearly two-year investigation by Marie-France Pelletier, who is an independent officer of ...