New guidance on the use of restrictive practices and seclusion in Northern Ireland has been welcomed by nurse leaders in the region. The document, Regional policy on the use of restrictive practices ...

Physical restraint, seclusion and rapid tranquilisation has been "dramatically reduced" by a mental health ward in the Black Country, chiefs have said. Sign up for the top news stories every day to ...

Credit: Getty Images The burden of public health interventions must not be substantially greater than the expected public health gains. Public health measures that curtail individual freedoms must be ...

Data released by the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center last week show a remarkable drop in the use of physical intervention in the facility’s detention wing, a decline county officials ...

A Cochrane review concluded that interventions used to help physicians prescribe antibiotics properly were effective at raising compliance with antibiotic policy and decreasing the duration of ...