High Antidepressant Use Calls for a “De-Prescribing” De-Escalation Policy
CCHR calls for the U.S. to adopt the recent UK recommendation to reduce antidepressant use. With over 45 million Americans currently on these drugs, which…
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Arkansas Psychiatrist Accused of Unlawfully Imprisoning Nearly 100 Patients Exposes Alarming Coercion and Fraud in Mental Health Care
CCHR says the recent exposure of a psychiatrist falsely imprisoning patients, exemplifies how our mental health system allows psychiatrists to employ forced treatment and fraudulent…
Torture and Ill-Treatment Banned Under International Law Still Evident in Czech Republic Psychiatric Hospitals
Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) – June 30, 2014 Despite international outcry ten years ago, people are still caged and strapped in psychiatric hospitals throughout the…