https://pressroom.prlog.org/cchrint/ Citizens Commission on Human Rights International Latest Press Releases https://www.prlog.org/13159809-un-committee-reiterates-forced-psychiatric-detention-human-rights-violation-cchr-calls-on-the-us-to-implement-protections.html With nearly $140 billion spent annually on mental health treatment in the U.S., there is no justification for forced treatment and restraint, mental health watchdog saysTue, 21 Jul 2026 21:32:21 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13159205-cchr-calls-for-increased-oversight-of-human-rights-abuses-in-youth-mental-hospitals.html Decades of Youth Psychiatric Abuse Exposed: A Celebrity's Campaign and CCHR's 35-Year Advocacy Fuels Need for Better Protections in Mental Health Industry.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:12:31 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13158594-cchr-congressional-hearing-revives-lessons-from-mkultra-era-why-past-psychiatric-human-rights-abuses-demand-vigilance-today.html A recent congressional hearing on MKULTRA highlights the need for stronger safeguards against coercive psychiatric and behavioral research.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:55:19 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13156032-cchr-doj-takedown-exposes-over-220-million-defrauded-in-behavioral-mental-health-fraud-schemes.html Thirty-seven mental health, psychiatric, behavioral health, and substance abuse cases reveal alleged false claims, falsified records, kickbacks, and phantom services—patients harmed while providers pocketed luxury gains.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:08:06 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13154778-sexually-abused-in-psychiatric-hospital-or-psychiatrists-or-psychologists-office-cchr-urges-survivors-to-reach-out-to-it.html Reports of sexual abuse by psychiatrists, therapists, and psychiatric facility staff demand stronger laws and full accountabilityFri, 26 Jun 2026 18:25:40 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13153340-psychiatric-hospitals-fail-to-warn-electroshock-patients-of-fda-cited-risks-in-estimated-7-billion-industry.html An analysis of psychiatric hospitals delivering ECT reveals a systemic failure to inform patients of risks the FDA recommended eight years ago. Failed oversight and court findings on brain damage are fueling renewed calls for a ban.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:45:40 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13151863-cchr-condemns-behavioral-treatment-after-fdas-missed-deadline-to-ban-shock-device.html Hundreds remain traumatized by electro-skin shocks, as delays banning a device described by the United Nations and patients as torture continue. The inaction highlights the broader failure to also ban electroshock (ECT) devices.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:00:09 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13150432-cchr-calls-out-psychiatrys-pattern-of-resistance-to-antidepressant-deprescribing.html Watchdog calls on federal officials to advance the HHS deprescribing plan with strong patient protections, as psychiatry attempts to weaken antidepressant tapering reformsFri, 05 Jun 2026 16:44:50 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13148968-cchr-leaders-50-year-fight-for-psychiatric-drug-victims-gains-national-momentum.html Watchdog's decades-long advocacy for patient rights and safe psychotropic withdrawal gains powerful validation amid rising debate on psychiatric drug risksMon, 01 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13148230-tennessee-laws-lead-with-psychotropic-drug-testing-in-mass-shooting-cases-and-comprehensive-reporting-cchr-urges-nationwide-adoption.html New laws highlight Tennessee's proactive response to growing concerns over psychiatric drug risks and potential links to violence. CCHR says these reforms are needed nationwideTue, 26 May 2026 17:55:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13146170-cchr-highlights-concerns-over-coercive-and-failed-140-billion-mental-health-practices-at-psychiatric-convention.html Group Calls for Ending Electroshock and Greater Disclosure of Risks Associated with Psychiatric Drugs Triggering ViolenceMon, 18 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13145108-hhs-announces-major-push-to-address-psychiatric-drug-risks-cchr-applauds-focus-on-informed-consent-and-safe-tapering.html 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 essentialTue, 12 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13143832-cchr-plant-based-psychedelics-push-masks-synthetic-drugs-and-billion-dollar-profits.html Fast-tracked psychedelics risk repeating psychiatric drug disasters as synthetic compounds are promoted as safe and natural, violating informed consentTue, 05 May 2026 18:10:12 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13142358-cchr-report-links-145-violent-incidents-to-psychiatric-drug-exposure-urges-national-oversight-and-action.html Psychotropic drug-related violence cases with 720 deaths and 1,602 injuries fuel call for nationwide toxicology screening and databaseTue, 28 Apr 2026 20:21:40 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13140007-cchr-says-new-oig-report-raises-concerns-about-drugging-elderly-with-antipsychotics.html Vulnerable elderly residents face serious risks and premature death from antipsychotics.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13139137-cchr-rejects-global-psychiatric-push-to-electroshock-children.html 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.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13137346-congressional-roundtable-exposes-mental-health-crisis-more-spending-and-treatment-worse-results-cchr-demands-accountability.html Watchdog group calls for accountability as mental health spending and treatment surge, including increased antidepressant use in youth, while outcomes continue to decline.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13135913-cchr-psychiatric-drugs-fuel-rising-death-toll-national-adverse-drug-event-awareness-day-confronts-americas-medication-crisis.html 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.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13134423-forced-psychiatric-hospitalization-fails-vulnerable-people-cchr-urges-repeal-amid-rising-us-policies.html U.S. policies targeting homelessness revive coercive practices with no proven benefits—while global models show non-coercion methods succeed and lower costs.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13133347-cchr-warns-psychiatric-diagnoses-without-biological-proof-now-used-to-justify-euthanasia.html 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.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13131878-cchr-cia-mind-control-files-raise-urgent-questions-as-millions-take-psychotropic-drugs.html Declassified records reveal coordinated psychiatric participation in behavioral control experiments, raising urgent oversight questions as psychotropic drugs are prescribed to more than 76 million Americans.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13130109-cchr-while-damaging-antipsychotics-win-approval-proven-non-drug-alternatives-remain-ignored.html Mental health watchdog calls for urgent reform as millions face long-term drug harm despite evidence that safer, community-based models workMon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13129088-cchr-says-psychiatrys-admission-on-antidepressant-withdrawal-comes-far-too-late.html Official psychiatric publication acknowledges diagnostic errors and prolonged antidepressant withdrawal—confirming concerns long raised by patients, researchers, and CCHR.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13127798-cchr-decades-of-warnings-persistent-inaction-studies-raise-new-alarms-on-psychiatric-drug-safety.html Safety signals spanning decades have not removed many high-risk psychiatric drugs from the market, prompting renewed scrutiny of federal regulators, as long-reported harm intensifies concerns over failures in public safeguards.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13125857-cchr-taxpayer-billions-wasted-on-mental-health-research-as-outcomes-deteriorate.html CCHR calls for a congressional audit of NIMH after decades of costly, brutal animal experiments, unpublished trials, and failed biomedical research, as U.S. suicide rates, disability, and psychiatric drug harm continue to rise.Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13124706-cchr-europe-rejects-forced-psychiatrylandmark-vote-declares-coercive-practices-incompatible-with-human-rights.html Unanimous European rejection of forced psychiatric measures exposes a widening gap between U.S. mental health law and international human rights standards.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13123418-american-disabilities-act-must-protect-against-forced-psychiatric-commitment-and-treatment.html Recent UN Disability Committee Statement Reinforces the Urgent Need for Government to Abolish Forced Psychiatric Treatment PoliciesMon, 26 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13122129-cchr-white-paper-urges-government-crackdown-on-troubled-teen-and-for-profit-psychiatric-facilities.html New report cites abuse, deaths, fraud, and systemic regulatory failure; backs Senate BRIDGES for Kids ActMon, 19 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13120806-cchr-says-mounting-evidence-of-persistent-sexual-dysfunction-from-antidepressants-demands-fda-action.html New research confirms that a significant percentage of antidepressant users develop severe sexual dysfunction that is physiologically damaging and may persist for years after the drugs are stopped.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13119872-cchr-harvard-review-exposes-institutional-corruption-in-global-mental-health.html A landmark Harvard-affiliated review finds that profit-driven biomedical psychiatry has obstructed human rights-based mental health care, fueling coercion, unsafe drug use, and systemic abuses worldwide.Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13117622-2025-turning-point-for-human-rights-cchr-demands-end-to-coercive-psychiatry.html With global bodies rejecting coercive psychiatric practices, CCHR highlights major human rights gains, exposes ongoing abuses—especially against children—and calls for a worldwide ban on forced hospitalization, drugging, and electroshock.Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13117619-psychiatric-drug-damage-ignored-for-decades-cchr-demands-federal-action.html CCHR exposes oversight failures that enabled decades of addiction and neurological injury from psychiatric drugs. Its new documentary reveals how industry influence and diagnostic labels conceal widespread harm and escalating public health risks.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13116358-cchr-documentary-probes-growing-evidence-linking-psychiatric-drugs-to-violence.html CCHR's latest documentary, Prescription for Violence, compiles court rulings, expert testimony, and global data—featuring attorneys, psychiatrists, and survivors—exploring the correlation between psychiatric drugs and violence and self-harm.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13115423-coalition-and-cchr-call-on-fda-to-review-electroshock-device-and-consider-ban.html A national coalition of health and human rights organizations, attorneys, medical experts, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) survivors says the U.S.Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13114067-cchr-new-data-shows-millions-of-us-children-caught-in-escalating-psychiatric-polypharmacy.html National analyses reveal widespread psychotropic prescribing to infants, toddlers, and young children. CCHR is urging immediate federal oversight, calling the trend a systemic failure, placing children at chemical risk.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13112521-cchrs-new-documentary-prescription-for-violence-highlights-overlooked-safety-warnings.html International Mental Health Industry Watchdog's Decades-Long Battle for TransparencyMon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13111114-cchr-study-finds-involuntary-commitment-fails-to-prevent-suicide-raises-risk.html 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.Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13109717-cchr-supports-call-to-end-coercive-psychiatry-at-world-mental-health-congress.html 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.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13108373-cchr-exposes-harms-behind-todays-mental-health-awareness-campaigns.html CCHR says real mental health awareness must confront, not conceal, psychiatry's coercion, child drugging, and electroshock behind pharmaceutical influence.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13106945-cchr-misinformation-clouds-debate-on-psychiatric-drug-toxicology-transparency.html 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.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13105770-cchr-exposes-conflicted-psychiatrists-behind-teen-antidepressant-surge.html 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 warningsMon, 20 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13104215-cchr-vas-psychiatric-treatments-betray-veterans-fuel-suicide-and-death.html 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.Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13103042-cchr-opening-state-and-private-mental-hospitals-could-fuel-worsening-outcomes.html 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.Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13101822-cchr-prescription-psychotropics-fuel-americas-addiction-and-overdose-crisis.html 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.Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13100481-cchr-why-psychiatric-detainment-and-drugging-cannot-deliver-public-safety.html 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.Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13099114-cchr-involuntary-commitment-is-eugenics-repackaged-as-mental-health-care.html 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.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13098360-cchr-for-prevention-families-deserve-truth-from-nih-study-on-psychiatric-drugs.html Communities deserve answers on the potential role psychotropic drugs and treatments may have in senseless acts of violence—an issue too long suppressed by vested interests.Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13096126-cchr-warns-parents-must-guard-children-from-subjective-mental-health-screening.html Invasive mental health screenings risk false psychiatric labels, dangerous drugging, and erosion of parents' constitutional rights, while studies show no improvement in children's mental health outcomes.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13094975-cchr-warns-global-survey-confirms-electroshock-risks-hidden-from-public.html Largest international study finds nearly 60% of electroshock recipients were misinformed about serious dangers, echoing CCHR's decades of evidence on violations of informed consent.Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.prlog.org/13093644-cchr-addresses-un-committee-on-support-for-global-end-to-coercive-psychiatry.html CCHR urges UN action to end coercive psychiatric practices, citing child abuse, restraint deaths, and lack of penalties for offenders.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMT