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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...
Despite Claims of Safety, Electroshock Caused Memory Loss in Majority of Teens in New Study, CCHR Warns Â
Researcher says study failed to show the safety or efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy. Despite ongoing claims from...
Heart Disease Risk Increases the Longer ADHD Drugs are Taken, Study Finds
Researchers advise prescribers to keep monitoring patients on ADHD drugs for symptoms of heart disease. A new study...
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...
Psychiatric Diagnoses, Treatment with Psychiatric Drugs Linked to Worse Socioeconomic Outcomes for Patients, Study Finds
Psychiatric diagnoses and drugs were linked to lower income, increased unemployment, greater likelihood of being...
CCHR Warns New Study Indicates Black Patients in Psychiatric Facilities More Likely to Be Restrained and For Longer
Researchers suggest the racial disparity may be evidence of systemic racism in psychiatry, call for measures to reduce...
Human Rights Group Calls for Government Investigation of Psychiatric Drugs’ Link to Violence After Maine Mass Shooting
Analysis of the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System in 2010 found that 25 of the 31 prescription drugs most...
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...
World Health Organization Calls for End to Abusive Mental Health Practices It Says Are All Too Common
Report cites evidence indicates that involuntary mental health treatment is ineffective and can worsen an individual’s...
Antipsychotics Overprescribed to Seniors with Dementia in Home Health Care, Despite Serious Risks, Study Indicates
Antipsychotic use by elderly with dementia was also linked to worse outcomes in performing their activities of daily...
Errors in Giving Children ADHD Drugs Have Quadrupled in 20 Years, Study Finds
Over 5,000 mistakes were reported to poison centers in 2021, meaning a child was harmed every 100 minutes; not all...
ADHD Drugs Do Not Enhance Performance, Worsen Cognitive Ability in Some People, Study Indicates
High potential for abuse and overdose of prescription stimulants prompts U.S. Food and Drug Administration to research...
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...