‘Systems’ were described as the formal processes of treatment including coercive management strategies (e.g., seclusion, restraint, threats of involuntary detention), the use of psychotropic ...

This involuntary seclusion is taking its toll on the pair. “School holidays are mentally draining for us,” Ms Caruana said. “It’s not the best time of the season, everyone else looks forward to it but ...

The VA admits their own deficient care and wrongful use of Florida’s Baker Act in relation to Jordan Hunkin’s death. Worse, ...

According to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, nursing home residents have the “right to be free from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, corporal punishment, and involuntary ...

Fellow ninth-grader Kody Breider was also repeatedly put in seclusion as a student at Mountain View in the Box Elder School District. He attributes his ongoing fear of “small, confined spaces ...

A fired-up Mayor Eric Adams reemerged from seclusion Thursday, coming out swinging with a campaign-style speech ripping the political rumor mill that he was days from stepping down. Adams ...

WATCH: Timeouts are allowed, but putting kids alone in a room they can’t leave is not. Reporter Mandy McLaren unpacks why the practice is still in use. When Acting Education Commissioner Russell ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Board of Education voted this week to update rules surrounding the use of seclusion in schools, citing confusion across public school districts and charter ...

Premier David Eby says the government is on track to open two secure “involuntary care” sites by the spring. The use of involuntary care to treat people with severe mental health, brain injury ...

NEW YORK — New York Democrats from the left-leaning to the centrist are finding common cause in the involuntary commitment of mentally ill people living on the streets and subway — a practice ...

In Altadena, the Eaton fire destroyed more than 1,000 structures and killed at least five people. The fire has upended a cherished way of life in the eclectic community, where residents are drawn ...