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There is an urgent need for the State Office of Mental Health to conduct clinical research on the phenomenon of sudden deaths among young and agitated, but otherwise healthy, psychiatric center patients, according to this Commission report on the death of a patient at South Beach Psychiatric Center (SBPC) during the process of being restrained. The Commission noted concern that eight able-bodied SBPC male staff trained in management of aggressive patients could not manage an out-of-control delusional patient.