Stories
Restraint Free World connects our community with personal stories, family commentary and first-hand experiences of mental health treatment using restraint and seclusion.
These deeply personal stories can be used to gain insight into how restraint and seclusion truly affects those who have been exposed to it and how they have come away from those experiences.
Stories
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Seclusion and restraints: Selected cases of death and abuse at public and private schools and treatment centers (HTML) U.S. Government Accountability Office |
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Restraint and seclusion: The reality in Kentucky's schools (HTML) Kentucky Protection & Advocacy (KYPA) |
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Rein in seclusion and restraints (HTML) Behavioral Healthcare |
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Learning from each other (PDF) American Psychiatric Association American Psychiatric Nurses Association National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems |
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More than just a loss of dignity (HTML) Matthew Engel (Disability Law Center) |
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Restraint and seclusion in kindergarten (HTML) Submissions by parents of children who have experienced restraint and seclusion |
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The truth about the Judge Rotenberg Center (HTML) Submissions by students, parents and advocates |
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A cell of one's own (HTML) Sol Wachtler | New York Times |
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Families against restraint and seclusion (HTML) Submissions by parents and family members as well as those who have experienced restraint and seclusion |
