by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jan 26, 2026
The bill would have prohibited all procedures that cause physical pain or deprivations meant to force behavioral change – so-called “aversive therapy” – to persons with disabilities, which includes students at a school for autistic and disabled students. A...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jan 7, 2026
A new study calls into question the validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), a foremost depression screening tool, and cautions researchers and mental health providers about relying on PHQ results. A new research report suggests that a widely used...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Dec 17, 2025
Connecticut stands as an example of the growing problem of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) performed on patients without their consent, allowed under many states’ laws despite the procedure’s known risks of serious side effects and no proof of effectiveness. Data...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 26, 2025
Potential risks for expectant mothers and their babies from SSRI antidepressants should be more fully disclosed in prescribing information and in discussions between physicians and their pregnant patients, experts say, allowing for more informed decisions about...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 19, 2025
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care agrees with other investigative bodies which have concluded that using a questionnaire to screen adults for depression has no clear benefit for patients’ health. A new guideline issued by the Canadian Task Force on...
