by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jul 3, 2024
A growing body of evidence suggests that psychiatric hospitalization itself may be a major risk factor for suicide and other harms to patients’ mental health, especially for those admitted against their will. Citizens Commission on Human Rights is calling on Congress...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 26, 2024
Expectant mothers considering psychiatric drugs should have the increased risks of premature birth and respiratory, circulatory, and feeding problems for their newborns fully disclosed to them by their prescribers. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 19, 2024
New research is further evidence of the harm to some students from mental health awareness programs that teach psychiatric terms and concepts. Citizens Commission on Human Rights advocates an end to universal psychiatric-oriented instruction in schools. A new study...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 12, 2024
Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls for government action to make prescribers and caregivers of the elderly aware of the wider range of serious risks to dementia patients from antipsychotic drugs and to curtail the wrongful use of the drugs. Citizens Commission...
by CCHR National Affairs Office | Jun 5, 2024
Committee’s recommendation to reject as therapy the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as the “date rape” drug Ecstasy, comes after evidence from clinical trials was deemed insufficient to establish safety or effectiveness. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
