Tag: seclusion

Coercive Measures in Psychiatry are Increasing, Traumatic, and Linked to Systemic...

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This week, Mad in America explores three studies related to the use of coercive psychiatric measures. The first finds that rates of coercive measures...

Mental Health Seclusion to be Scrapped After UN Condemnation

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From Stuff: In 2015, the United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern at New Zealand's use of seclusion against mental health patients. According to a...

Mental Health Seclusion Rates Increase

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From Stuff: More than 800 New Zealand mental health patients were held in seclusion at some point last year, representing a six percent increase in...