CCHR Joins Global Support for Britney Spears’ Human Rights Plea
International mental health watchdog is part of the outpouring of support for Britney Spears’ appeal to take back her life from a psychiatric mechanism that…
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UN Special Rapporteur Dainius Pūras Addresses Psychiatry’s Global Coercion & Crisis
UN human rights expert speaks out against coercive psychiatry, effects of totalitarian and authoritarian mental health regimes and forced treatment. CCHR calls for action to…
The “Anti-Psychiatry Movement,” CCHR and Other Advocates Against Psychiatric Pseudoscience, Coercion and Abuse
Why is it that psychiatry is the only sector in the medical system that generates movements to oppose its oppressive powers and damaging treatments? Why…
CCHR Honors Co-founder Thomas Szasz’s Legacy Against Coercive Psychiatry
CCHR dispels the myths attributed to Szasz, an iconic psychiatrist who defied “psychiatric slavery” and “totalitarian control,” and whose works against coercive psychiatry are now…
The Legacy of Giorgio Antonucci— Abolishing Coercive Psychiatry to Achieve Humane Mental Health Care
CCHR Commissioner Giorgio Antunucci, 1933-2017 By CCHR International Mental Health Industry Watchdog December 4, 2017 Dr. Giorgio Antonucci, the renowned Italian physician and psychotherapist who…