Family blames prolonged use of restraints at Kanagawa hospital for English teacher's death
JET instructor died after being restrained on his hospital bed for 10 days, his family says, highlighting a widespread practice at nation’s psychiatric hospitals
Number of patients physically restrained at psychiatric hospitals soars
The number of patients physically restrained at psychiatric hospitals more than doubled to 10,299 in fiscal 2013, compared with a decade earlier, data released Monday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry show. In addition to physical restraint, which often involves lashing a patient's arms ...
