CCHR’s latest documentary, Prescription for Violence, compiles court rulings, expert testimony, and global data—featuring ...

National analyses reveal widespread psychotropic prescribing to infants, toddlers, and young children. CCHR is urging ...

The international mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), is releasing Prescription for Violence: Psychiatry’s Deadly Side Effects, a two-hour documentary that details ...

“Forced ECT, drugging, seclusion, restraint, and involuntary institutionalization constitute potential torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. These are not medical interventions; they are ...

Between 2020 and 2022, Pediatrics reported a 130% rise in antidepressant prescriptions for girls aged 12–17, while boys’ prescriptions dropped 7%. “What are the odds that one-third of American ...

“If society is serious about addressing violence, we must look beyond the false psychiatric narrative and confront all contributing factors—including psychiatric evaluation, hospitalization and ...

“Involuntary psychiatric commitment of the homeless is not a compassionate solution—it’s a costly, coercive, and dangerous policy built on a system that has failed for decades. It compounds trauma, ...

“HB 497 represents a crucial step in ending abusive transport practices and providing legal recourse for victims. With growing bipartisan concern over the treatment of youth in behavioral health ...

Below is an overall timeline of events of what occurred leading up to, and after, Detroit mother Maryanne Godboldo withstood a 10-hour standoff with police, an armed assault by a SWAT team and a tank ...

“After years of sharing my story and advocating on Capitol Hill, the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act has officially passed the U.S Congress. This moment is proof that our voices matter, that ...

“The New York Times report reinforces the urgent need for bold intervention, including harsher penalties for abusive hospitals, revoking their licenses to involuntarily commit, shutting down ...