The National Security Archive’s 1,200 documents reveal the dangers of the 1950s CIA mind control experiments, including the use of LSD, which should serve as a warning against today’s looming $5 ...

Reflecting on the progress made against coercive psychiatric practices and obtaining child protections in 2024, CCHR commits itself in 2025 to reinforcing the need to end psychiatric abuse, including ...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration categorizes Adderall in the same highly addictive class as cocaine, opium and morphine (whether its ‘prescribed’ by a doctor—or not.) ...

CCHR says FDA warning is long overdue considering CDC has repeatedly warned of overdose deaths from stimulant drugs, including those commonly prescribed for ADHD. By… ...

Congress passed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, championed by Paris Hilton and backed by CCHR, setting a key precedent for future youth protections.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health industry watchdog founded in 1969 to support the principles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted ...

A new study reveals that patients feel misinformed about the risks of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), reinforcing the argument that the practice should be banned, according to CCHR, the mental health ...

Legislators call for a ban on seclusion rooms and restraint use on schoolchildren, but CCHR says it must extend to all physical and chemical restraint… ...

*Warning: This story contains details that may disturb some people* 300 NZ children were tortured with electroshock at Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital between 1972 and… ...

Why is it that psychiatry is the only sector in the medical system that generates movements to oppose its oppressive powers and damaging treatments? Why… ...