CCHR says the troubled teen industry still endangers kids’ lives, and tougher bans and oversight of both facilities are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Encouraged by its decline, CCHR, a patients’ rights watchdog, launches a series exposing the downfall of electroshock treatment and its long-term dangers, including brain injury. By Jan ...

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 ...

A prestigious award recognized five decades of relentless advocacy for justice and reform fought by CCHR and survivors of electroshock torture at a psychiatric hospital. By Jan Eastgate President CCHR ...

CCHR testifies before hearing of Maryland law seeking to end potentially lethal restraint methods used in youth transports to psychiatric treatment facilities. By Jan Eastgate President CCHR ...

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.

Up to 45% of mental health inpatients have experienced sexual violence, with one hospital saying its rate of patient sexual assault was within the “industry norm.” By CCHR International The Mental ...