CCHR Addresses UN in Support of Global Ban on Coercive Psychiatry
At the United Nations’ global human rights epicenter in Geneva, CCHR International addressed a UN committee, calling for the abolition of electroshock and forced drugging—especially…
Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment of the Homeless: A Dangerous, Costly Failure
Expanding forced psychiatric treatment revives failed 1960s policies—causing trauma, violating rights, draining public funds, and enriching a system rooted in coercion, not care. By Jan…
CCHR’s Legacy of Reform: Exposing Abuse, Securing Rights, Defying Opposition
From electroshock bans to exposing psychiatric torture, CCHR’s actions since 1969 have helped shape mental health law globally and hold psychiatry and psychology accountable—despite industry…
Regulators Warn ADHD Drug Can Trigger Homicidal Thoughts—Parents and Consumers Need to be Informed
CCHR demands urgent reforms to ensure families are fully informed in real time about life-threatening side effects of ADHD psychotropics—a $20 billion market—as millions remain…
Psychedelics for Vets? CCHR Cites History of Exploitation and Failed Science
CCHR says fast-tracking psychedelics for veterans repeats decades of unethical psychiatric experiments, ignores root causes of trauma and suicide, and risks turning vets into test…