Psychiatric patients feel strain
State investigates complaints at ERs
The state investigated at least 21 complaints over the last 18 months that emergency departments mistreated psychiatric patients, and officials cited hospitals in half those cases for problems that included wrongly forcing patients to undress, punching or hitting patients, and restraining others for hours without proper monitoring. (Full article: 1622 words)
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