by CCHR National Affairs Office | Apr 12, 2023
Researchers highlight the urgent need for proven strategies to reduce the risk, severity and duration of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms. A new survey of antidepressant users who turned to online peer-support groups for advice on withdrawal found that a large...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Apr 6, 2023
Mental health awareness campaigns may contribute to individuals overreporting mental disorders, inflating the reported US mental health crisis. A new research paper provides evidence that rising rates of mental health problems have been fueled to some extent by the...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Mar 30, 2023
Researchers conclude exercise is effective in treating depression and should be offered as an evidence-based treatment option. The largest synthesis of data to date from research studies on the effect of exercise on depression found that exercise is as effective as...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Mar 15, 2023
The World Health Organization also cites no proven benefit, but significant evidence of harm from coercive mental health treatment. Laws permitting involuntary commitment or treatment at a psychiatric facility under certain circumstances are meant to prevent mentally...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Mar 9, 2023
The debilitating emotional and sexual conditions linked to antidepressants could worsen patients’ depression, researchers say. A new study found that healthy volunteers given a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant experienced both emotional...
