by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 13, 2022
World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines and call to UN countries to ensure mental health services are free from coercion. A new report on political dissidents in China involuntarily committed to psychiatric facilities, where they are “diagnosed” with mental...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 6, 2022
New study adds to the harms associated with antidepressants; other research debunks the chemical-imbalance rationale for prescribing them. The long-term use of antidepressants may double the risk of heart disease, according to the results of the most comprehensive...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Sep 29, 2022
New research is the latest to find that ADHD drugs likely expose children to more harm than benefit. A new study that looked for the long-term effect of treatment for so-called attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children concluded there is no...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Sep 23, 2022
Consumers need to know about the increased risk of suicide from antidepressants so they can make fully informed decisions for themselves and their children. National Suicide Prevention Month is a good time to raise the awareness of those taking antidepressants or...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Sep 13, 2022
Exposure of psychiatrists’ widespread promotion of misleading chemical imbalance theory, which lacks scientific evidence, calls their moral values into question. Recently published research in the Journal of Medical Ethics argues that psychiatrists should use...
