By September 1839, mechanical restraint was no longer required for any patient.

Charlesworth had already experimented with reducing the dependence at the asylum on mechanical restraint.

Their movement is restricted by the experimental instructions, but not by any mechanical restraints.

The second superintendent brought mechanical restraints - as a form of treatment - back.

Our policy specifies the circumstances under which security measures other than mechanical restraints may be used.

The means recommended here are verbal admonishments, mechanical restraint, and bodily punishment.

These included abolishing mechanical restraints that had created nightmare conditions in asylums for hundreds of years and implementing daily staff meetings to discuss patient care.

Under the third superintendent John Conolly the institution became famous as the first large asylum to dispense with all mechanical restraints.

He was so impressed by this that he decided to abolish mechanical restraints at Hanwell.

This also included mechanical restraints, ECT machines, and some of the old fixtures and fittings.