Emergency Use of Chemical Restraint More Common in Black Psychiatric Patients Patients brought in by police were also more likely to receive sedating injections

"This is a situation that we often see in hospitals." -- Katy Lunny, MD, of the University of California Irvine, describing how Black psychiatric patients more commonly receive #chemicalrestraint. #APA2025
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'In March data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare regarding the percentage of aged care residents on #PsychotropicMedication will be published for the first time'

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'..showed 177,611 of the 302,690 unauthorised restrictive practices involved #chemicalrestraint – the controversial use of sometimes-harmful #psychotropicmedication to sedate or control clients.'
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Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission; 'The commission also notes for 2018-19 there were 537 complaints received in relation to #abuse and #neglect, #chemicalrestraint and #physicalrestraint.'...