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Are Psychiatric Drugs Behind Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooter’s Deadly Actions?
By Kelly Patricia O’Meara Published by CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog January 11, 2017 Sadly the public continues to be the victims of the same deadly scenario: a military veteran, receiving psychiatric treatment, inexplicably goes on a...
Psychiatry Continues Push for Electroshocking Nation’s Frail Elderly: CCHR Questions Potential Lethal Effects of ECT in Seniors
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...
Psychiatric Hospital Chain (UHS) Lost $1.9 Billion within Less Than Two Weeks of Fraud and Abuse Allegations
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,...
Lawmakers Support Investigation into Largest U.S. Psychiatric Hospital Chain (UHS) Amid Fraud Allegations
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...
CCHR Calls for Legislative Intervention Against For-Profit Psych Facility Planned for Pennsylvania
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...
CCHR Warns That Psychiatric Drugs Prescribed to John Hinckley Jr. Could Have Violence-Inducing Effects
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...
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