As the U.S. considers policies to forcibly detain the homeless and others in psychiatric institutions, a new study shows ...

Human rights advocate addressed the World Federation for Mental Health Congress, urging global alignment with UN and WHO ...

CCHR says real mental health awareness must confront, not conceal, psychiatry’s coercion, child drugging, and electroshock ...

“There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.” “It’s bull—. I mean, you just can’t ...

Common brand name Antipsychotics include Abilify, Clozaril, Geodon, Invega, Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa, Fanapt. To see the total figures from IQVia on the number of people taking antipsychotics in ...

Common brand name anti-anxiety drugs include Xanax, Valium, Halcion, Klonopin, Ambien, Ativan. Includes the class of drugs known as Benzodiazepines. To see the total figures from IQVia on the number ...

Documented side effects of antidepressants include suicidal behavior, heart problems, mania, psychosis, hostility, aggression, withdrawal reactions, birth defects and more, according to international ...

“I have found psychiatrists abuse this generalized statement of a chemical imbalance of the brain as a way to prescribe these psychiatric drugs and a way to start the psychiatric revolving door, just ...

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit organization and the largest, most effective movement for mental health reform in the world that has helped enact more than 150 laws ...

“The failure to address Lake Alice patient concerns for nearly half a century shows the stakes for failing to report child abuse must be made much higher—i.e., criminal penalties for failing to do so.

With millions of people prescribed psychiatric drugs, clearly not everyone taking them (or in withdrawal) will experience violence, mania, psychosis or homicidal ideation. However, according to ...

The purpose of this page is to give the facts about Electroshock Treatment (Electroconvulsive therapy, ECT) including it’s history, documented risks, known statistics on modern day usage, as well as a ...