The proven harm of forced behavioral health treatment raises question of whether the treating psychiatrists violate...
Study Adds to Research Showing Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization Does More Harm Than Good
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Suicide Articles
PTSD Awareness Month: Psychiatric Drugs Prescribed for PTSD Linked to Stubbornly High Rates of Veteran Suicides
Research studies have found that the antidepressants commonly prescribed for PTSD and depression double the rate of...
Patients Taking Antidepressants at Greatest Risk of Suicidal Behavior When First Starting the Drugs, Study Finds
Research sheds new light on the rising rates of suicidal behavior among teens. Patients taking antidepressants are at...
Primary Care Doctors Advised Not to Prescribe Antidepressants to Patients on First Visit for Mild to Moderate Depression
Advisory adds to concerns that there is insufficient benefit to offset the risk of serious side effects when taking or...
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...
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...
Risk of Suicide Remains High After Electroshock, Study Shows
Researchers call for action after finding 17% of patients with certain characteristics die from suicide within two...
Call Tracing Considered for New 988 Suicide Hotline May Result in Too Many Forced Psychiatric Hospitalizations
The new national suicide prevention hotline, “988,” due to begin service in July, was intended to be an...
Young People Admitted to Psychiatric Facilities Face Higher Risk of Self-Harm After Discharge, Researchers Say
Other research also found that psychiatric hospitalization – and even psychiatric treatment without hospitalization –...