by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 26, 2023
Research indicates the resilience of adolescents is effective and can avoid the ineffectiveness, harms and costs of pharmacological and psychological treatments. A systematic review and meta-analysis on adolescents experiencing depression and/or anxiety reveals that...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 19, 2023
Researchers indicate online drug reviews can provide important data about antidepressant harms not otherwise reported to drug regulatory agencies. A new study investigating why patients stop taking antidepressants found the most common reason given was the adverse...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 13, 2023
The proven harm of forced behavioral health treatment raises question of whether the treating psychiatrists violate Hippocratic oath of “first do no harm.” A new study has found that involuntary hospitalization for substance abuse treatment is not effective,...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 4, 2023
Many of the 11 million Americans taking antipsychotics were never told of the risk of developing uncontrollable movements that can be permanent. None of the hundreds of meetings and sessions offered at the annual conference of the American Psychiatric...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 28, 2023
Current heat wave in U.S. South adds to risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke in those taking certain psychiatric drugs, especially antipsychotic drugs. Extreme heat, like the heat wave currently gripping the U.S. South, is especially dangerous for those prescribed...
