Abstract: A restraining garment that is both physically and psychologically comfortable which includes a yoke having head and arm holes and an elongated front portion that contains an expanded element such as a large gusset with the front portion sewed to the yoke and tunnel-like elements for holding a restraining belt with the tunnel-like elements positioned to encircle the chest cage of a patient whereby no pressure is brought against a tender abdomen and the restraining belt is invisible within the tunnel element so that a patient is unaware that he is being restrained.