A $23 billion behavioral treatment industry has put thousands of foster care children and troubled teens at risk; a new report recognizes how profit has…
CCHR praises Paris Hilton, victims, families, legislators and media for exposing horrific restraint or electroshock abuse in behavioral facilities treating troubled youths and leading to…
CCHR acknowledges media as inadvertent watchdogs that can influence legislators to enact protections against increasing incidents of sexual and restraint abuse of teens in psychiatric…
Texas dropped its law to protect against coercive psychiatric admissions, while Oregon lawmakers’ new law prohibits certain child restraints but may not go far enough,…
CCHR urges legislators to act fast this year to protect “troubled youth” in light of increasing allegations of sexual assault, chemical abuse, and restraint deaths…