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CCHR Calls on FDA to Update Antidepressant Prescribing Information for Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
New research shows antidepressants substantially increase the risk of heart-related sudden death. Citizens Commission...
Hallucinogen Use Leading to Hospital Visit More Than Doubles Risk of Premature Death, New Research Indicates
A new study has found that needing acute care after hallucinogen use is associated with a significantly increased risk...
New Research Finds an Increased Risk of Osteoporosis and Bone Fractures from Antidepressants
New study indicates that osteoporosis and bone fractures are significant potential risks of using antidepressants. ...
CCHR Supports Legislation to Protect Troubled Youth in Maryland from Abusive Transport to For-Profit Residential Behavioral Treatment Programs
Maryland legislators take action after receiving reports of abuse during the largely unregulated transport of young...
CCHR Calls on Healthcare Providers to Stop Promoting Scientifically Unsupported Theory of Brain Chemical Imbalance Causing Depression
New research finds healthcare providers are prime promoters of the unproven theory, which influences the prescribing...
New Research Links Antidepressants to Lower Levels of Nutrients in Mothers’ Milk
The new study adds to the medical literature linking pregnant women’s use of antidepressants to possible harm to their...
CCHR Applauds Call for Human Rights-based Approach to Mental Health
A new article in Health and Human Rights Journal calls for an approach to mental health in which every aspect of it...
CCHR’s New Year’s Resolution: End the Fraud and Abuse of Involuntary Psychiatric Detentions
Research indicates psychiatric confinements against a person’s will have been increasing at three times the rate of...
New Study Finds Antipsychotic Drugs Worsen Behavior in Nursing Home Residents
New research provides additional evidence that off-label prescribing of antipsychotic drugs for elderly patients with...
As International Human Rights Day Approaches, CCHR Urges Adoption of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights
International human rights standards call for human rights-based approaches in the field of mental health. Citizens...
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...
CCHR Calls on FDA to Require Updated Antidepressant Warnings After Research Finds Withdrawal Symptoms Are Common
Withdrawal symptoms are experienced by nearly half of the people trying to quit antidepressants, even if tapered over...
CCHR Calls on FDA to Update Antidepressant Information for Increased Risks of Stroke and Heart Disease
New research finds antidepressants increase the risk of stroke, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and other...
CCHR Calls on FDA to Revise Guidance on Use of Antidepressants by Pregnant Women
Recent research adds to medical literature indicating potential risks to newborns from pregnant women using...
Researchers Report Concern over Antidepressants Causing Long-Lasting Sexual Dysfunction; CCHR Calls on FDA to Act
Decades after sexual dysfunction caused by antidepressants was first reported to persist after patients stopped taking...