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.

Watchdog says, “conversion therapy,” which uses electroshock, is torture, recognized by the United Nations. Whether used for behavior modification, internet addiction or any psychiatric condition,… ...

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… ...

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… ...

*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… ...

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… ...

Watchdog says patient protections from physical, chemical and sexual abuse in child behavioral facilities starts with patients and families reporting abuse and media investigations putting… ...

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… ...