While currently, dangerous patients may be restrained only in a hospital psychiatric department, a draft amendment would allow such patients to also be restrained in other circumstances.

Patients and their relatives say there is a culture of abuse at a mental health hospital.

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea says 53 patients were falsely labeled “voluntary” admissions and 52 were ...

According to sources familiar with the matter, armed policemen stormed the hospital premises and insisted on arresting the patient despite being informed that a valid and binding court order had ...