Introduction Over 100 000 service users are admitted to acute mental health wards annually, many involuntarily. Wards are under incredible pressure due to high bed occupancy rates and staff shortages.

Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center, a psychiatric residential facility in Cañon City that serves youth ages 10 to 18, ...

(AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations. The Associated Press spoke to a number of people who said ...

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CAÑON CITY, Colo. — Disability Law Colorado (DLC) has released a new public report detailing concerning conditions at the Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center in Cañon City, specifically focusing ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS (KTRK) -- Two sisters in Montgomery County are behind bars, accused of abusing a 12-year-old girl since March. Detectives at the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office say the ...

CHEYENNE – The Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees voted unanimously to pass an amended “Seclusion, Restraint, Forcible Physical Contact and Corporal Punishment” policy during their ...

In 2025, Microsoft unveiled significant enhancements to the Windows 11 Settings app, incorporating design upgrades and around 16 new features, while bridging the gap with the Control Panel—ushering in ...

LOS ANGELES -- The use of chemical restraint was more common among Black patients versus white and Hispanic patients in psychiatric emergency settings, a single-center study suggested. Among 852 ...

Background: Child and youth mental health care is of varying quality across the WHO European Region, with many settings being low-resourced. To improve and standardize quality of care, WHO Regional ...

Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 to connect with a trained ...