Washington Post (September 15)St. Elizabeth’s Has Increased Usage of Restraints on Patients, Report SaysA mental health advocacy group this week said the city-owned psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington has increased its use of restraint and seclusion on patients despite regulations designed to limit such interventions.
The nonprofit Disability Rights DC, the federally mandated advocate for people with disabilities in the city, said its review of St.
Elizabeths Hospital’s incident reports showed it had “steadily increased its use of restraint and seclusion.” The report, released Monday, comes in a difficult year for the hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic, which killed several patients earlier in the year..