BACKGROUND A primary rationale for scaling up mental health services in low and middle-income countries is to address human rights violations, including physical restraint in community settings. The voices of those with intimate experiences of restraint, in particular people with mental illness and their families, are rarely heard. The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of, and...

T O simulate the acceleration histories for boost and extreme emergency re-entries of an X-15 altitude mission, a centrifuge program was conducted during lhe months 04 March and April, 1957, by North American Aviation, and the U.S. Navy, in cooperation w i n the U.S. Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Its purpose was to provide in,formation regarding complex, oscilla...

This study investigated the relationship between self-reported dietary restraint and expectancies about caloric content on test meal consumption among undergraduate women. Participants completed two test meal sessions during which they were asked to consume as much milkshake from a covered opaque container as they wished. In one session, participants were instructed that the milkshake was made ...

Restraints and seclusion are used on people in institutions, children in schools, nursing home residents, general hospital patients, and other locations, but most often with people who have disabilities. Questions regarding legality, morality, and efficacy abound. These questions, compounded by the serious possible adverse consequences of restraints and seclusion, have commanded wide-ranging at...