by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 23, 2023
Research indicates coercive practices negatively impact physical and mental health, often compounding a person’s existing condition. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) calls on Congress to pass legislation to align the U.S. with international human rights...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 16, 2023
Psychiatric diagnoses and drugs were linked to lower income, increased unemployment, greater likelihood of being single and living alone. A new study from Denmark found that a large majority of the Danish population has been diagnosed with mental disorders and treated...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 7, 2023
Researchers suggest the racial disparity may be evidence of systemic racism in psychiatry, call for measures to reduce the use of restraints. WASHINGTON, DC, US, November 7, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Black psychiatric patients are more likely to be physically,...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 2, 2023
Analysis of the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System in 2010 found that 25 of the 31 prescription drugs most associated with violence were psychiatric drugs. Within weeks after receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment this summer, Robert Card went on a shooting...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 19, 2023
New guidance from World Health Organization and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also calls for laws banning electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for children. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
