By CCHR International The Mental Health Watchdog January 3, 2017 A recent study claims that electroshock therapy (ECT) is “beneficial” to the elderly. However, the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), says the study is yet another push...
Senators Call for DOJ & Health Dept. Resolution By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog December 20, 2016 Within less than two weeks of a BuzzFeed News exposé alleging abuse and potential fraud in America’s largest psychiatric hospital chain,...
By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog December 13, 2016 In response to the recent BuzzFeed News exposé on Universal Health Services (UHS), Sen. Charles Grassley, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Rep. Joe Kennedy, III, are supporting the need for a...
By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog August 17, 2016 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) calls on Pennsylvania legislators to intervene in the recently announced plan by University of Pennsylvania’s Lancaster General Health to allow the...
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara Published by CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog August 2, 2016 John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, will, after 34 years as a patient at St. Elizabeth’s psychiatric hospital, be...
