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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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June 12, 2026
Hundreds remain traumatized by electro-skin shocks, as delays banning a device described by the United Nations and patients as torture continue. The inaction highlights the broader failure to also ban electroshock (ECT) devices.
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June 1, 2026
Watchdog's decades-long advocacy for patient rights and safe psychotropic withdrawal gains powerful validation amid rising debate on psychiatric drug risks
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May 22, 2026
Group Calls for Ending Electroshock and Greater Disclosure of Psychiatric Drug Risks Linked to Violence
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May 19, 2026
Protesters confront psychiatrists at APA meeting over forced treatment, electroshock therapy, and violence-linked drug risks.
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May 18, 2026
Group Calls for Ending Electroshock and Greater Disclosure of Risks Associated with Psychiatric Drugs Triggering Violence
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March 17, 2026
A Traveling Exhibit made a 4-day stop in March in Albuquerque on Central Avenue.
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March 10, 2026
CCHR Traveling Exhibit made a 9-day stop at the end of February and did a stop in Pasadena on Colorado Blvd.
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January 3, 2026
Advanced conversational AI technology addresses widespread website accessibility failures affecting 94.8% of websites, according to WebAIM Million 2025 study
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December 3, 2025
Mental health watchdog urges FDA to remove ECT devices from the market and Florida lawmakers to pass legislation prohibiting electroshock, following landmark international survey and UN guidance
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October 9, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights held a two-day exhibit in the Wolfe University Center at Florida International University that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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August 25, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) held a two-day exhibit in the Oviedo Mall that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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May 20, 2025
After a public records request revealed that children in the under 5 age group are given electroshock, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights is calling for a ban on the device citing a lack of clinical studies on safety and effectiveness.
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May 1, 2025
Held in the state headquarters located in Clearwater, the event hopes to education citizens on their mental health human rights and the reformation needed to protect those rights.
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March 26, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) held a four-day exhibit in the Orlando area that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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June 12, 2024
Winner of 9 awards for their work to protect mental health human rights, CCHR began the Florida movement to restore rights and dignity to the field of mental health in 1977 and today counts thousands of members across the state.
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March 16, 2023
Narayanan Ramesh is recognized for his leadership of the department of psychiatry for the University of Maryland Capital Region Health
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October 26, 2022
Depression hurts, there is hope for those who have chronic depression. Provide care and treatment for your loved ones.Dr Gautam Arora Neurologist.
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August 16, 2020
In spite of the impact of COVID-19, a new DMC group is growing in Latin America
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