by CCHR National Affairs Office | May 19, 2022
The reasons many gave for not wanting to get treatment suggest the mental health system is not seen as providing safe and effective help. A new study aiming to identify the reasons why half of American young adults with depression did not seek treatment found that...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | May 12, 2022
The action follows the World Health Organization’s call for forced mental health practices to be replaced with voluntary, holistic approaches. Europe’s leading human rights assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an end to confining people with physical and...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | May 4, 2022
Evidence continues to mount that antidepressants are ineffective, harm brain function and carry risks of serious side effects when taking or stopping the drugs. A new study of Americans with depression found no significant difference in the overall well-being and...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Apr 30, 2022
Brain injuries can be caused by electric shock and seizures, two key elements of electroshock, a psychiatric procedure that has never been proven effective. During Brain Injury Awareness Month in March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Apr 28, 2022
Research findings are further evidence of the failure in understanding, validity and treatment that one researcher calls “a triple crisis in psychiatry.” A new study found that psychiatrists performed significantly worse than other physicians, according to an analysis...
