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...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 28, 2021
The psychiatric industry that profited from proliferating this drug-induced disorder will now profit from treating it. The uncontrollable muscle movement known as tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a common condition especially linked to the prolonged use of the...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 21, 2021
Depression screening can result in many false positives, leading to increased psychiatric drugging of patients. A new study is the latest to conclude that patients do not benefit from reporting on their behavior and mental health in answer to questions on depression...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 14, 2021
More than 25 million Americans taking antidepressants face withdrawal symptoms when they quit; for nearly half, the symptoms will be severe, research suggests. Millions of Americans taking psychiatric drugs are facing a risk they may be entirely unaware of: severe and...
