International human rights standards call for human rights-based approaches in the field of mental health. Citizens...
As International Human Rights Day Approaches, CCHR Urges Adoption of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights
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Mental Health Rights Articles
CCHR Calls for Repeal of Laws Allowing Forced Psychiatric Detention Amid Evidence of Abusive and Racist Use
New study finds requests made under Massachusetts law to transport people against their will for psychiatric...
Exhibit Exposes Psychiatric Human Rights Abuses at Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Conference
Citizens Commission on Human Rights’ exhibit exposes the history to the present day of harmful and racist practices in...
At 988 Crisis Lifeline’s Second Anniversary, CCHR Calls on SAMHSA to Provide Data to Researchers for Evaluation of Effectiveness, Outcomes
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration should make 988 Lifeline data available so researchers...
CCHR Calls for Congressional Action to End Use of Restraints in Mental Health Treatment
Citing a new report on the success of no-restraint policies in Italy, Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls for...
CCHR Relaunching Campaign to Ban Use of Electrical Shocking Devices on Students, After Massachusetts Lawmakers Fail to Pass Bill
Citizens Commission on Human Rights New England is relaunching its campaign to prohibit the use of devices that the...
Under International Pressure, Psychiatrists Forced to Confront Ending Coercive Mental Health Practices
New evidence of the extent of and harm from involuntary mental health treatment emerges, as efforts continue to...
CCHR Calls on Congress to Align U.S. with International Human Rights Standards and End Coercive Mental Health Treatment
Research indicates coercive practices negatively impact physical and mental health, often compounding a person’s...
Human Rights Group Calls on American Psychiatric Association to Oppose Coercive Mental Health Practices
UN bodies say involuntary mental health practices harm physical and mental health and must end. Citizens Commission on...