by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 26, 2022
The award honored Benjamin Rush, whose theories are at the root of the structural racism in psychiatry that the organization now admits. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) no longer lists a Benjamin Rush Award among the awards it confers on member...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 15, 2022
Psychiatrists are faulted for knowing the theory of a chemical imbalance of the brain was unproven, but failed to correct the misconception. Mental health activists marched Friday to the downtown DC location of a conference held by the American Psychiatric Association...
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...
