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...
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...
