Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling on health officials to find alternatives to physically restraining patients, voicing concerns after a Times investigation found an L.A. County-run ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles General Medical Center restrained psychiatric patients at its inpatient unit at one of the highest rates in the nation ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient ...

Where did the data come from? To report this story, The Times analyzed data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency that has gathered restraint information from ...

Patients, relatives and whistleblowers have described a culture of abuse at a mental health hospital, while 15 staff members ...

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 ...

Some visits to the dentist are unforgettable. When she was 12 years old in Amarillo, TX, Salley Shannon was referred by her orthodontist to a general dentist for a tooth extraction. The root was long, ...

A review published by the Baylor College of Medicine found adult Black patients were significantly more likely to be physically restrained in emergency departments compared with all other patients.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Physical restraint was rare, but when it did happen, Black patients were more likely to be restrained than ...

A bill introduced last month in Missouri aims to protect healthcare workers from violent attacks by patients, according to NBC affiliate KSDK. Under the bill, healthcare facilities may not require ...

Los Angeles General Medical Center restrained patients in its psychiatric inpatient unit at the fourth-highest rate of any such facility in the United States, newly released annual figures show — the ...