Seclusion and restraint statutes

Regulations governing seclusion and restraint interventions used in the treatment and management of disruptive, self-destructive, and violent behaviors in psychiatry. In the landmark 1982 case Youngberg v. Romeo, the Supreme Court recognized that the use of restraint is a drastic deprivation of personal liberty and that such use should reflect “the exercise of professional judgment.”


 


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