by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jan 4, 2022
Antidepressant adverse effects and withdrawal symptoms can continue after quitting, including sexual dysfunction, authors of a new review say. A new review of antidepressants advised doctors to curb prescribing the drugs, given their questionable efficacy and the...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Dec 2, 2021
Antidepressants lack efficacy for most patients, while exposing them to the risks of serious side effects and withdrawal symptoms, including suicidality. For more than a century, psychiatrists have relied on drugs to treat depression, despite many patients getting no...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 18, 2021
Psychologists’ history of systemic racism is still ingrained in current practices, which continue to harm and dehumanize people of color. The American Psychological Association (APA) has issued a public apology for the “racism, racial discrimination, and denigration...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 11, 2021
Veterans Health Administration says 4.2 million veterans took psychiatric drugs in 2019, with 1.75 million on antidepressants linked to depression and suicide. Veterans Day honors the service, valor, and sacrifice of those who served in the U.S. military. It has...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Nov 4, 2021
With 70 clinical studies assessing psychedelics for mental health treatment, researchers downplay harms, at odds with lived experience reported online. Renewed research to assess the potential use of hallucinogenic drugs for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy finds a...