by CCHR National Affairs Office | Feb 6, 2025
New research finds healthcare providers are prime promoters of the unproven theory, which influences the prescribing of antidepressants as treatment for depressed people. Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls for an end to the continuing use of this...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jan 23, 2025
The new study adds to the medical literature linking pregnant women’s use of antidepressants to possible harm to their newborns. Citizens Commission on Human Rights encourages women to discuss any concerns with their prescribers. A new study has linked mothers’ use of...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jan 14, 2025
A new article in Health and Human Rights Journal calls for an approach to mental health in which every aspect of it and its determinants is endowed with respect for, and the realization of, human rights. A new perspective article calls for a more comprehensive, human...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jan 7, 2025
Research indicates psychiatric confinements against a person’s will have been increasing at three times the rate of the increase in population. Investigations and U.S. Justice Department complaints have alleged that patients have been held and their insurance billed...
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...
