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...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 18, 2023
UN bodies say involuntary mental health practices harm physical and mental health and must end. Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a nonprofit mental health watchdog, delivered an open letter October 12 to the leadership of the American Psychiatric...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 12, 2023
The CCHR National Affairs Office calls on the American Psychiatric Association to oppose coercive mental health treatment. Click here to read more.
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 10, 2023
Report cites evidence indicates that involuntary mental health treatment is ineffective and can worsen an individual’s condition. In a joint call to action for World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office of the High...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 5, 2023
Antipsychotic use by elderly with dementia was also linked to worse outcomes in performing their activities of daily living after home health care ended. A new clinical study has found evidence that powerful antipsychotic drugs are overly prescribed to older...
