“The FDA has utterly ignored clear-cut evidence of brain damage, memory loss, and death resulting from ECT. ECT is barbaric and should be removed from the market.” – Jonathan Emord, Attorney A ...

CCHR International strongly rejects a recent joint statement issued on March 31, 2026, by the World, European, and American psychiatric associations that advocates increasing the use of electroshock ...

Paris Hilton’s campaign and CCHR’s 35 years of advocacy force Provo Canyon Shutdown, fueling calls to defund UHS's behavioral ...

A new CCHR International report documents 145 cases of senseless violence committed by individuals taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs. These incidents—including mass shootings, stabbings, ...

Common brand name stimulants, also known as ADHD drugs, include Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall, Metadate, Vyvanse, Provigil. To see the total figures from IQVia on the number of people taking ADHD drugs ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a damning report that lashes out against coercive psychiatric practices, which it says “are pervasive and are increasingly used in services in ...

“The failure to address Lake Alice patient concerns for nearly half a century shows the stakes for failing to report child abuse must be made much higher—i.e., criminal penalties for failing to do so.

“CCHR supports a call for a stronger warning label on stimulants causing psychosis, but given its own documented findings that the drugs are also linked to acts of senseless violence, including school ...

The recent U.S. National Archives release of thousands of previously classified documents collected as part of a U.S. government review into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 has ...

The United States is increasingly isolated in its continued reliance on forced psychiatric commitment and treatment, as global human rights institutions move decisively to end coercive mental health ...

November marks the 20 th anniversary of the Fight For Kids (FFK) campaign launched by the mental health industry watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR)—the longest-running ...

A landmark study has debunked one of the biggest mental healthcare marketing campaigns in modern history—that a “chemical imbalance in the brain causes depression” requiring antidepressants to correct ...