Citizens Commission on Human Rights International

As the U.S. considers policies to forcibly detain the homeless and others in psychiatric institutions, a new study shows people subjected to involuntary psychiatric hospitalization face a dramatically higher suicide risk and human rights violations.

U.S. human rights advocate addressed the World Federation for Mental Health Congress, urging global alignment with U.N. and W.H.O. mandates to abolish coercive psychiatric practices, including forced ECT and drugging.

CCHR says real mental health awareness must confront, not conceal, psychiatry's coercion, child drugging, and electroshock behind pharmaceutical influence.

A mental health watchdog warns that misleading claims from special interests may hinder vital data collection on psychiatric drugs linked to suicide and violence, urging legislators to advance transparent toxicology reporting for public safety.

A watchdog investigation finds prescriptions for teen girls soared 130% as psychiatrists with deep industry ties promoted suicide-linked antidepressants—earning millions while minimizing risks and dismissing warnings

Billions fund psychiatric drugs and brain interventions for veterans—yet suicides, overdoses, and violence rise. Experts call for safer, non-drug approaches that honor veterans' service instead of betraying their trust.

Despite $280 billion annually poured into psychiatric hospitals, forced treatment, and community programs, outcomes are abysmal. Governments must review costs and results before sinking more funds into failed systems.

More than 79 million Americans take psychotropics—millions abuse them, risking overdose—yet the $26 billion psychiatric drug industry's role in the failed war on drugs remains downplayed due to widespread misinformation.

Psychiatrists claim violent tragedies occur because perpetrators miss a mental health evaluation or stop taking drugs. The reality: psychiatric intervention often precedes harm, and psychiatrists cannot predict violent behavior.

U.S. and Europe are expanding coercive psychiatric practices rooted in eugenics, stripping individuals of liberty under vague labels and forced "treatments" condemned as violations and torture by international human rights law.