by CCHR National Affairs Office | Dec 10, 2024
New research provides additional evidence that off-label prescribing of antipsychotic drugs for elderly patients with dementia is not effective in reducing behavioral symptoms and exposes them to risks of serious side effects. Antipsychotic drugs significantly...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Dec 4, 2024
International human rights standards call for human rights-based approaches in the field of mental health. Citizens Commission on Human Rights is working to make those rights a reality through the promotion of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights. The...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 27, 2024
New study finds requests made under Massachusetts law to transport people against their will for psychiatric evaluation were made by health professionals who had not seen the individuals who were the subject of their requests, and those individuals were...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 13, 2024
Withdrawal symptoms are experienced by nearly half of the people trying to quit antidepressants, even if tapered over several weeks, research finds. CCHR says prescribing information and medication guides do not adequately convey this widespread risk and calls on FDA...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 5, 2024
New research finds antidepressants increase the risk of stroke, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and other cardiovascular events. Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to update medication guides to reflect these risks....
