NAMI reports on restraints and seclusion abuse (mentions PV in Tenn):
http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGrou ... estiga.htm12-year-old female in Special Treatment Unit placed in straightjacket
* "It’s called a burrito…I would be in the middle of the floor where everybody could watch me."
* medication cut in half against advice of regular psychiatrist; discharged in handcuffs in worse condition than when admitted
* STU patients can write home, but cannot receive mail from or talk on phone with parents; girl wrote letters that family never received
* for "less serious outbursts," staff take patients down to ground and pin them
* more serious episodes put patients in a "burrito" or 5 point leather restraints on a bed
* doors are locked, windows covered, lights on 24 hours a day