Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal inspection of a Connecticut hospital revealed that a patient with severe physical and mental issues died as the result ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) --Some patients' movement needs to be restricted in order to prevent them from hurting themselves or falling, or disrupting their own treatment. New research suggests, ...

A hospital in central Pennsylvania has been cited by the Pennsylvania Department of Health after a patient died while being placed in restraints. An investigation into Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 14,300 patient deaths in medical facilities and hospitals across the U.S. involved them being placed in restraint or ...

The rate of restraint use at the state’s psychiatric hospital for children has nearly doubled in the past 18 months, despite pledges that the potentially dangerous procedure would be curtailed. A new ...

Editor’s note: While this article previously inferred a state citation from a California Public Health Department official’s statement that St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka had incurred two deficiencies ...

A new report shows clinic workers at the Bridgewater State Hospital often use chemical restraints and seclusion on people held there in violation of state law. Despite the Baker administration's ...

Workers at a Minnesota state hospital are demanding a change in policies after a spike in staff injuries this year. Union workers at St. Peter’s Minnesota Security Hospital, which houses 373 of the ...

Video showing face-biting suspect Austin Harrouff battling his restraints while being treated at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach should be released to the public, a judge in Martin County ...

WARM SPRINGS, Mont. — The Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs, the state’s only public adult psychiatric facility, is continuing to see high staff vacancies, budget deficits, and shortfalls in ...

St. Elizabeths, the District’s only public psychiatric hospital, has ramped up its use of restraint and seclusion on patients in recent years, according to a report on the Southeast facility, released ...