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...
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,...
