Cage bed

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Cage bed for the mentally ill, 1910, Helsinki University Museum

A cage bed is a

psychiatric institutions.[1] As of 2014, the Mental Disability Advocacy Center says cage beds are used in Greece, the Czech Republic and Romania.[2]

Psychiatrists in the Czech Republic previously defended the use of the beds in

social care[3] but their use in children's care homes was later banned in the country due to international pressure,[4] and an appeal by J. K. Rowling, who later went on to found Lumos, which promotes an end to the institutionalisation of children worldwide.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Q&A: Cage beds". BBC News. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ Hadjimatheou, Chloe (14 November 2014). "The disabled children locked up in cages". BBC News. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ Pfeiffer, Jan (Oct 11, 2004). "Rage Against the Cage". Time Europe. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  4. ^ "Filming reveals Czech children still caged". BBC. 15 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ^ Callaghan, Louise (29 June 2014). "Czech hospital patients in cage beds". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on Nov 29, 2021.