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Mental Health: Extent of Risk From Improper Restraint or Seclusion Is Unknown

T-HEHS-00-26 Published: Oct 26, 1999. Publicly Released: Oct 26, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the effect of improper restraint and seclusion on some of the country's most vulnerable citizens--people with serious mental illness or mental retardation.

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