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Kevin Ann Huckshorn
Critic
US mental health nurse; co-author of the "six core strategies" for reducing the use of seclusion and restraint.
Connected Scandals
Critic
Ontario's only maximum-security psychiatric hospital has kept severely mentally ill patients locked alone in rooms for years — one man for about 20 years — in conditions an independent reviewer found akin to what the UN "deemed to constitute torture." The Ford government was warned in 2018 and responded with a single phone call.
Co-author of the "six core strategies" Waypoint says it has adopted. Says Waypoint’s use of seclusion is "completely inconsistent with recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care."