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...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Mar 1, 2023
American associations of psychiatrists and psychologists have admitted their members’ long-standing racism, still deeply ingrained in their practices. The little-known driving force behind the racism still so prevalent in the U.S. was revealed to members of the...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Feb 23, 2023
Researchers call for action after finding 17% of patients with certain characteristics die from suicide within two years of receiving ECT. Electroshock may be advised for deeply depressed psychiatric patients who have not responded to other treatment, but a new study...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Feb 16, 2023
A separate study finds antipsychotic drug prescriptions for seniors with dementia increased early in the COVID pandemic, did not return to pre-pandemic levels. The federal government is again investigating nursing homes for evidence that elderly residents are being...
