Citizens Commission on Human Rights International

Group Calls for Ending Electroshock and Greater Disclosure of Risks Associated with Psychiatric Drugs Triggering Violence

New federal actions emphasize informed consent, holistic care, and protection for children and adults from psychiatric drug risks—but broader access to deprescribing support remains essential

Fast-tracked psychedelics risk repeating psychiatric drug disasters as synthetic compounds are promoted as safe and natural, violating informed consent

Psychotropic drug-related violence cases with 720 deaths and 1,602 injuries fuel call for nationwide toxicology screening and database

Vulnerable elderly residents face serious risks and premature death from antipsychotics.

With FOIA data showing children as young as five subjected to electroshock in the U.S., CCHR International condemns calls to override WHO guidance labeling child and non-consensual shock treatment as torture and demands a legislative ban.

Watchdog group calls for accountability as mental health spending and treatment surge, including increased antidepressant use in youth, while outcomes continue to decline.

Over 76 million Americans, including 6.1 million children, are prescribed psychiatric drugs despite rising evidence of harm, from emotional numbness to violence, suicide, and death.

U.S. policies targeting homelessness revive coercive practices with no proven benefits—while global models show non-coercion methods succeed and lower costs.

As assisted-suicide laws expand to include mental disorders, critics say psychiatry's diagnostic system—lacking objective medical tests—risks turning treatment failure into state-sanctioned death.