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September 18, 2026
As reports grow of psychotropic drug harms and some psychiatric hospital staff being prosecuted for child sexual abuse, parents need facts to protect their children.
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September 14, 2026
CCHR: Dr. Thomas Szasz's Warning Against Involuntary Hospitalization Is Now UN Human-Rights Doctrine
CCHR honors co-founder Thomas Szasz as UN human-rights authorities now say coercive psychiatric practices violate liberty, autonomy and personal integrity.
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September 4, 2026
Consumers should read drug labels—and ask prescribers to explain warnings about suicidal thoughts, aggression and homicidal ideation because a label alone does not ensure informed consent.
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August 28, 2026
ECT survivors speak out about the painful practice administered to an estimated 100,000 Americans each year, including children
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August 25, 2026
Watchdog group cites Tennessee's landmark toxicology law and White Paper documenting 145 cases of violence linked to psychiatric drugs
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August 19, 2026
Advocating for changes in civil commitment laws in Minnesota
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August 14, 2026
CCHR Urges Nationwide Adoption of Mandatory Medical Testing to Avert Psychiatric Diagnosis and Drugs
Federal deprescribing push and Florida's new guidance underscore CCHR's decades-long call to prevent misdiagnosis, harmful drugs, and needless suffering.
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August 7, 2026
Call for legal reform in $140 billion U.S. mental health industry following restraint deaths and evidence of harm from coercive treatment
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July 31, 2026
The mental health watchdog helped secure a federal ban on school-coerced psychiatric drugging, pressed for antidepressant suicide warnings, and now supports stronger deprescribing safeguards.
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July 24, 2026
With electroshock now banned for minors in Ireland, several U.S. states, and Western Australia, mental health watchdog calls for global response to eliminate its use
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July 22, 2026
The eye-opening exhibit raises community awareness of mental health abuses all around us.
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July 17, 2026
Decades of Youth Psychiatric Abuse Exposed: Celebrity's Campaign and CCHR's 35-Year Advocacy Fuel Calls to Defund For-Profit Behavioral Empires
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July 13, 2026
One must know the history in order to confront the present and change the future of abuse in the mental health system.
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July 10, 2026
Decades of deception unraveled at the first congressional MKULTRA hearing since 1977, revealing West's central role in mind-control experiments, memory manipulation, and links to high-profile cases.
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July 9, 2026
The exhibit encourages public awareness of patient rights and calls for stronger legal protections in mental health care.
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July 6, 2026
Thirty-seven mental health, psychiatric, behavioral health, and substance abuse cases reveal alleged false claims, falsified records, kickbacks, and phantom services—patients harmed while providers pocketed luxury gains.
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July 2, 2026
The eye-opening exhibit toured in the Phoenix area to educate the community on the harmful treatments in the field of Psychiatry.
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June 26, 2026
Reports of sexual abuse by psychiatrists, therapists, and psychiatric facility staff demand stronger laws and full accountability
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June 19, 2026
An analysis of psychiatric hospitals delivering ECT reveals a systemic failure to inform patients of risks the FDA recommended eight years ago. Failed oversight and court findings on brain damage are fueling renewed calls for a ban.
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June 17, 2026
Groups Decry Abuse; Dedicate Themselves to Protecting and Promoting Human Rights in Mental Health
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