The psychiatrist and CCHR co-founder spent decades condemning involuntary commitment and forced treatment. United Nations ...

Governments fail to curb abuse in behavioral hospitals requiring tougher criminal penalties By Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog January 23,… ...

Below is an overall timeline of events of what occurred leading up to, and after, Detroit mother Maryanne Godboldo withstood a 10-hour standoff with police, an armed assault by a SWAT team and a tank ...

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 ...

“It is a legalized child abuse industry from labeling teen behavior as mentally disordered, to kidnapping and dumping them into abusive psychiatric and behavioral facilities with impunity. It deceives ...

“Without a commitment to end all coercive psychiatric practices, including forced hospitalization, drugging and electroshock treatment, there cannot be cutting-edge solutions because psychiatrists ...

With government waste raising economic concerns for the country, it is time to demand accountability for the $40 billion allocated to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH). The agency has ...

“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.

“Teens deserve to be treated with respect and compassion. They should never be subjected to such physical or emotional abuse in the guise of mental health care. Such abuse must be brought to an end.” ...

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 ...

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 ...