Eating disorder care practices to be studied

The use of restraints and feeding by tubes in NHS eating disorder care is to be studied, with the aim of reducing restrictive practices. The University of Cumbria said the £1.1m project would see it ...
Medical Xpress

Physically restricting mental health patients can often harm them. New study suggests compassion could change that

Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. In 2021 and 2022 ...
Mad in America

Weekly Research Digest: Art Therapy Shows Promise in Clinical Trials and Lived Experience

This week Mad in America examines three studies around art therapy and art-based interventions for mental health issues. Two studies reported on the lived Studies find art-based interventions can be ...
FedScoop

GAO wants agencies to update cloud computing guidance to manage restrictive licensing

Restrictive software licensing practices are impacting multiple federal agencies in the form of cost increases and limited choices of cloud service providers (CSP) or cloud architecture, according to ...
TechSpot

The US Department of Defense can't mitigate restrictive conditions in its cloud contracts

Facepalm: The Pentagon is once again being accused of inefficiency and bad IT practices by the auditing agencies of the US government. The newly reported issues are related to cloud contracts, which ...
The Conversation

Physically restricting mental health patients can often harm them – my new study suggests compassion could change that

Daniel Lawrence is affiliated with the Labour Party. Restrictive practices in mental health settings – such as physical restraint and seclusion – are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients ...