> Are strait jackets still used for adults who can't be calmed down
> or who are
> violent in  mental health facilities/prisons?   Swaddling of
> infants strikes me as a similiar kind of technique.

I don't know about adults, but with children and adolescents, physical
restraint is a choice of last resort.  IIRC, in the facilities with which I
am familiar, the calming procedures are 1) verbal calming, 2) light physical
touch (holding), 3) isolation in a safe room, 4) physical restraint with
soft ankle/wrist cuffs. Meds (haldol) are also used in some faculties.
Straight jackets are not used.

Kathy
IBCLC in Maryland

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