Citizens Commission on Human Rights International

The mental health industry watchdog, CCHR, shares the report's human rights abuse concerns and demands accountability as U.S. mental health facilities profit from coercion and neglect.

CCHR supports Federal Investigation Launched into the Mass Labeling and "Medicating" of America's Children, especially for ADHD

CCHR testifies before hearing of Maryland law seeking to end potentially lethal restraint methods used in youth transports to psychiatric treatment facilities.

As the nation observes Black History Month, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights highlights racial disparities in restraint-related deaths and advocates for legislative change to protect vulnerable patients.

Mental Health Industry Watchdog CCHR Calls for Nationwide Ban, Citing History of Abuse and Fatalities in Troubled Teen Industry

Professor Joanna Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced has prompted the Citizens Commission on Human Rights to call for greater treatment consent provisions to inform patients a "chemical imbalance" in the brain causing depression is disproved.

CCHR, a mental health watchdog, provides resources on psychotropic drug risks often prescribed after major traumatic events such as fires.

CCHR says 1,200 documents revealing the dangers of the 1950s CIA mind control experiments, including the use of LSD, should serve as a warning against today's looming $5 billion psychedelic drug and research market.

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.

Congress passed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, championed by Paris Hilton. CCHR says the law sets a precedent for protecting youth from psychiatric-behavioral restraints and other abuses, using strong oversight.