by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 30, 2023
Study is latest to find that children traumatized by removal from their families and homes are prescribed powerful psychotropic drugs at high rates. A new government study has found that one in four Medicaid-enrolled children under the age of 18 in the U.S. child...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 24, 2023
Previous government recommendations for improved oversight of psychotropics in foster care have not resolved the overdrugging problem. Despite government recommendations over more than a decade for more oversight of the psychotropic drugs given to foster children, a...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 17, 2023
Other recent research has found antidepressants double the risk of suicidal thoughts and actions in adults. A new study adds fresh evidence that treatment for depression with antidepressants increases the risk of suicidal behavior, including attempted and completed...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 9, 2023
Adverse effects from taking antidepressants are more common and serious for the elderly because they have more fragile health and take more medications. A new review of recent medical literature on antidepressant use by older people with depression revealed no...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 3, 2023
Patients are not given enough information about the drawbacks of electroshock to give true informed consent for the procedure, researcher says. While a million people – mostly women and the elderly, but even young children – receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT, or...
