What is Straitjacket?
[[File:Straitjacket-rear.jpg|thumb|Man wearing a straitjacket.]] A '''straitjacket''' is a type of [[clothing]] used to restrain patients in [[Psychiatric hospital|mental health hospitals]] and psychiatric wards of hospitals. A straitjacket has straps that restrain a person's arms and hands. Hospitals put straitjackets on people who have mental illnesses such as [[schizophrenia]] or paranoia, to keep them from hurting themselves, other patients, or hospital staff. [[Category:Psychiatry]] {{stub}}