CCHR Says the Olympics Raise Mental Health Concerns but not Treatment Harms
The Tokyo Olympics has shown importance of athletes’ mental health, but this shouldn’t be equated with “mental illness” that can lead to forced and damaging…
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Renowned human rights lawyer—Persecution of Chinese political dissidents under guise of psychiatric treatment increasing
Although Beijing has always denied charges of psychiatric abuse of dissidents, the National Conference of Ankang Asylums held by the Ministry of Public Security in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on May 26 and 27 has inadvertently admitted these charges.
New York Times exposes psychiatric abuse of Foster kids: Children are put in psych wards for disciplinary reasons
A federal lawsuit is seeking to bar New York City from allowing troubled foster-care children to be kept in psychiatric hospitals after doctors have recommended their release, a practice that routinely adds months to a hospitalization despite laws that require such children to be placed in the least restrictive environment possible.