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CCHR Exhibit Exposes Psychiatric Human Rights Abuse
Notable New York City activists speak at opening of Citizens Commission on Human Rights’ exhibit exposing sordid...
Human Rights Group Marches in Protest to Demand American Psychiatric Association Denounce Electroshock for Children, Coercive Treatment, in Step with UN and WHO
Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls on APA to end the use of lucrative but dangerous coercive treatment and...
CCHR Calls Attention to New Reports on Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs, Including Loss of Self-Identity
How antipsychotic drugs are used is challenged by research reporting on the negative effect on patients’ sense of self...
CCHR Issues Alert on Mortality Risk of Psychiatric Drugs After Researcher Estimates They Are Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.
Hospital records and coroners’ reports often record deaths linked to prescription drugs as due to natural or unknown...
CCHR Observes 25th Anniversary of Columbine Mass Shooting with Call for Government Investigation into Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Violence
Mental health watchdog also calls for laws requiring toxicology testing for psychiatric drugs for perpetrators of mass...
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...
Brain Injury Awareness Month: Citizens Commission on Human Rights Renews Call for Ban on Brain-Damaging Electroshock
Brain injury can be caused by electric shock and seizures, two key elements of electroshock, a psychiatric procedure...
Citizens Commission on Human Rights Calls for Congressional Investigation into Psychiatric In-Patient Treatment, as Study Finds Suicide Risk High after Hospitalization for Depression or Attempted Suicide
Recent studies indicate patients discharged from psychiatric facilities are at greater risk for suicide than mental...
Mental Health Watchdog Protests U.S. Psychiatrists’ Use of Electroshock; Procedure Violates International Human Rights Standards When Forcibly Administered
Psychiatrists perform electroshock on patients, especially women and older people, despite risks of brain damage and...
Human Rights Group Renews Call for Laws to Ban Electroshock – A Procedure Never Proven Safe or Effective, Experts Say
Psychiatrists perform electroshock on depressed patients despite serious risks of brain damage and permanent memory...
CCHR’s Warnings of Potential Harms from ADHD Diagnosing and Treatment Supported by New Research
Evidence of benefit from ADHD diagnosis and treatment is uncertain, but the ADHD label itself, as well as the...
Black History Month: African Americans Warned of Long History of Psychiatrists and Psychologists’ Racism and Its Legacy in Today’s Mental Health System
Scientific research shows Blacks are more likely than Whites to be labeled with a mental disorder related to...
CCHR Renews Call for Ban on Restraint and Seclusion After New Report of School Districts Ignoring Reporting Requirements
The number of schoolchildren subjected to restraint or seclusion is unknown. No federal law bans the practices, which...
CCHR Says FDA Must Correct Widespread Misinformation: Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Are Not Short and Mild for Many Patients
Recent research and antidepressant users’ lived experience show that antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be severe...
CCHR Calls Out Psychiatric Association’s Nondisclosure of Conflicts of Interest Among Psychiatrists Who Revised “Psychiatric Bible”
Citizens Commission on Human Rights says American Psychiatric Association’s unwillingness to provide full disclosure...