Despite closures since 2019, CCHR says the troubled teen industry still endangers kids’ lives, and tougher bans and oversight of both facilities and the youth transport system are needed to ensure no ...

A simple guide to understanding what electroshock “treatment” really is and what it does to those receiving it By Kenneth Castleman, PhD About the author: Kenneth Castleman has a PhD in biomedical ...

I, the undersigned, being of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make the following declaration: 1. Refusal of Psychiatric Treatment: I do not consent to any contact with a psychiatrist, ...

Top Reactions for All Ages: There have been 135,587 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with antidepressants that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (MedWatch), between ...

Support the Global Movement to Restore Human Rights to the Field of Mental Health The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit organization and the largest, most effective movement ...

Top Reactions for All Ages: There have been 117,414 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with antipsychotics that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (MedWatch), between ...

With the “brain chemical imbalance causes mental disorders” deception now exposed, CCHR looked at other misleading psychiatric-pharmaceutical industry claims—30 years of denying antidepressant-induced ...

Top Reactions for All Ages: There have been 17,021 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with ADHD drugs/stimulants that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (MedWatch), ...

Anti-anxiety Drug Side Effects Reported to the FDA: There have been 35,110 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with anti-anxiety drugs that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting ...

The Phobia Society of America was formed in 1980 but changed its name in 1986 to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. [1] This was when former NIMH director, psychiatrist Herbert Pardes ...

In 2017, Dr. Dainius Pūras, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, called for a revolution in mental health care around the world to “end decades of neglect, abuse, and violence ...

Until the passage of state laws in the United States making it a criminal offense for psychiatrists and psychologists to have sexual relationships with or even rape their patients, mental health ...