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 ...

Despite years of investigations and billion-dollar fines, rampant abuse continues in youth behavioral-psychiatric hospitals. CCHR demands immediate federal and state action—not another three-year ...

CCHR leads protest against American Psychiatric Association, citing billions of dollars wasted on coercive practices—deadly restraints killing children, forced treatment—and a system that harms ...

While some (often the manufacturers) claim that there is a lot of research supporting a drug, it can sometimes be the case that the published research does not tell the full story. Sometimes there ...

New York Times exposé on unethical practices in Acadia Healthcare psychiatric hospitals prompts push for the removal of involuntary commitment accreditation from abusive facilities and CCHR urges ...

Mental health industry watchdog praises recent Senate Committee on Finance report, “Warehouses of Neglect,” for exposing egregious systemic abuse of youths within the behavioral treatment industry.

CCHR says the conflicted alliance of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical industry is rife in psychiatry’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), as confirmed in a new study that found $14.2 million in ...

CCHR says media exposure of child abuse in the $23 billion behavioral industry is in vital need of reform. By CCHR InternationalMental Health Industry WatchdogOctober 23, 2023 CCHR International ...

Adverse Reaction Reports Filed with the US FDA: There have been 7,473 adverse reactions reported to the US FDA in connection with Ritalin (methylphenidate). The FDA estimates that less than 1% of all ...

CCHR’s series on psychiatric fraud aims to assist policymakers and law enforcement in isolating how funding, without accountability for outcomes, has enabled massive financial waste and patient harm.

25% of foster care children are still being subjected to psychotropic drugs, despite decades of government oversight. Medicaid accounts for 80% of all antipsychotic prescriptions in the U.S., costing ...