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fromPsychology Today
4 days agoWhat Families Need to Know About Restraints in Psychiatric Care
Restraints in healthcare settings disproportionately affect Black individuals and can lead to trauma and distrust in care.
For days after the East Palo Alto housekeeper with an expired visa was moved from Stanford Medical Center into ICE detention in Bakersfield, she could barely speak to her family trying to connect with her through FaceTime phone calls.
Imagine having to bring your two-year-old little girl into that operating table, having to leave her in the hands of the system, only to find out that the surgery, the pain, the learning how to walk again, that scar that she has on her hip, was now never, ever necessary.