by CCHR National Affairs Office | Oct 9, 2024
A protest by Citizens Commission on Human Rights and disability rights organizations calls public attention to an electric shock device used at a Massachusetts school for autistic and disabled students. The United Nations calls its use torture, and the FDA has...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Sep 15, 2024
Citizens Commission on Human Rights’ exhibit exposes the history to the present day of harmful and racist practices in the mental health system that constitute human rights violations, and calls for laws to ban harmful practices, in line with international human...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Sep 4, 2024
Involuntary commitments to psychiatric facilities have increased over the last decade. Evidence indicates many are unlawful detainments, but facilities bill patients and their insurance providers. A disturbing new exposé, published in the New York Times,...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 21, 2024
Evidence presented to the U.S. drug regulatory agency alleging sexual assault and suppression of adverse events in clinical trials of ecstasy raises urgent concerns about the safety of patients in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Citizens Commission on Human...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Aug 13, 2024
The U.S. drug regulatory agency examined evidence presented by the company requesting approval for MDMA (ecstasy) and reports from experts examining that evidence before denying approval for the drug as mental health treatment. A medical journal has just retracted...
