by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 11, 2021
The incident exemplifies the human rights abuses and coercive practices found in psychiatric hospitals, as stated in reports by the World Health Organization. A homeless man arrested for a crime he didn’t commit was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for more than...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 5, 2021
WHO cites no proven benefit, but significant evidence of harm from coercive mental health treatments, including forced drugging, restraints, and electroshock. CCHR co-founder, psychatrist and humanitarian Thomas Szasz, M.D., said, “The most important deprivation of...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 29, 2021
Prominent proponents of Minority Mental Health Month have come under Congressional investigation for deep financial ties to psychiatric drug manufacturers. While July was designated as Minority Mental Health Month to bring awareness to the mental health needs of...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 13, 2021
The APA still honors the slave owner whose theories set a precedent for the “scientific racism” of later psychiatrists and psychologists. Dr. Benjamin Rush, called the “father of American psychiatry,” bought a child slave and only freed him after he got “just...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 10, 2021
Citizens Commission on Human Rights’ gripping documentary “Therapy or Torture: The Truth about Electroshock” exposes abuses in the $5.4 billion ECT industry. Psychiatrists working for mental health facilities in the U.S. routinely seek court orders for...
