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CCHR Applauds FDA Advisory Committee Rejection of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress
Committee’s recommendation to reject as therapy the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as the “date rape” drug Ecstasy,...
Push for Use of Psychedelic Drugs as Mental Health Treatment Downplays Dangerous Risks, Citizens Commission on Human Rights Says in Protest
It is not known how psychedelic drugs are supposed to work as mental health treatment. Psychedelics carry the risks...
CCHR Commends Lawsuit Filed over FDA’s Failure to Act on Citizen Petition to Update Antidepressant Labeling for Persistent Sexual Problems
Research has long indicated that antidepressant users are at risk of serious sexual problems that may persist...
Psychiatrists’ Refusal to Align with UN, WHO on Ending Forced Psychiatric Treatment is Big Reason US Lags on Mental Health Human Rights, CCHR Says – and Takes Action
Citizens Commission on Human Rights marches in protest, opens human rights exhibit, delivers open letter to American...
Open Letter to the American Psychiatric Associationon the Human Rights Abuse of Coercive Psychiatric Practices
“Coercive practices violate a person’s right to liberty and security, which is a fundamental human right.” Click here...
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...
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