WHO report vindicates CCHR and the many groups that have fought worldwide for the recognition of psychiatric human rights violations, including involuntary commitment and forced electroshock and other biomedical, including drug treatments.By Jan EastgatePresident,...
CCHR Presents Human Rights Awards to Attorney and Healthcare Professionals Exposing Corrupt Mental Health System By CCHR International March 10, 2017 A prominent constitutional attorney, psychologist and counselor were presented with a Human Rights Award at the 48th...
By CCHR International The Mental Health Watchdog Group March 1, 2017 The Oregon Health Authority rejected an application from Universal Health Services (UHS) to build a 100-bed psychiatric facility in Wilsonville. UHS owns the largest chain of psychiatric institutions...
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara Published by CCHR International February 27, 2017 A new book, The Sedated Society: The Causes and Harms of our Psychiatric Prescribing Epidemic, joins an ever-expanding library of information that further exposes the known serious harms,...
By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog February 21, 2017 A new report on mental healthcare fraud released by Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) reveals a staggering $3.7 billion in criminal and civil settlements and fines among...
By CCHR Intternational The Mental Health Industry Watchdog February 9, 2017 Carrie Fisher and Wendy Mileson survived shock treatment. Carrie revered it. Wendy didn’t. She underwent it the same year that Fisher made her film debut in Shampoo and two years before Star...