You Go UVA Psychiatry! :) Restraint Chair Banned From UVA’s Psych. Units Before It Was Ever Brought In

July 29, 2008 — hymes

Way to go UVA psychiatry!  A reliable source has informed me that UVA, which runs both inpatient psychiatric units in Charlottesville, one at UVA and one at Martha Jefferson, has agreed not to purchase the controversial and dangerous restraint chairs discussed on this blog and still in use at Western State Hospital and other state facilities in Virginia.  Good news of pro-active prevention of traumatizing methods is so rare in our mental health system that I just had to give UVA a shout out :) .  Way to go, keep it up :) .

Posted in Alternatives, Disability Rights, Health, Hope, Human Rights in the MH System, Psychiatry, Trauma, Virginia, civil rights, disability, psychiatric disability, restraints. Tags: , , . 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “You Go UVA Psychiatry! :) Restraint Chair Banned From UVA’s Psych. Units Before It Was Ever Brought In”

  1. Rose Says:
    July 29, 2008 at 1:14 am

    It’s nice to have some good news from the MH-scape of VA! Hallelujiah!

  2. thememoryartist Says:
    July 29, 2008 at 7:22 am

    Great news! I am shocked and pleased to hear it. Looks like SOME administrators in VA are learning.


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