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Psychiatry Articles
World Health Organization Calls Involuntary Electroshock Treatment a Human Rights Abuse
New guidance from World Health Organization and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also calls for laws banning...
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...
Open Letter to the American Psychiatric Association on the Human Rights Abuse of Coercive Psychiatric Practices
The CCHR National Affairs Office calls on the American Psychiatric Association to oppose coercive mental health...
Studies Finding Increased Suicide Risk from Antidepressants Less Likely to Appear in Psychiatric Journals
Publication bias contributes to misperception by doctors that antidepressants are safer, more effective than they...
Devastating Movement Disorders Caused by Antipsychotic Drugs Not Listed for Discussion at Psychiatrists’ Annual Meeting
Many of the 11 million Americans taking antipsychotics were never told of the risk of developing uncontrollable...
Mental Health Month: Human Rights Group Renews Call for End of Coercive Practices in the Mental Health System
Recent research found no benefit to patients’ mental health or any lower risk of suicides from involuntary psychiatric...
Mental Health Campaigns May Result in Mild Distress Being Reported as Mental Health Problems, New Research Finds
Mental health awareness campaigns may contribute to individuals overreporting mental disorders, inflating the reported...
Involuntary Mental Health Treatment Did Not Result in Improved Patient Outcomes or Lower Risk of Death, Researchers Say
The World Health Organization also cites no proven benefit, but significant evidence of harm from coercive mental...