ECT, also known as shock treatment, sends up to 460 volts of electricity through the brain to induce a grand mal seizure. This disruption of the brain’s electrical activity alters its structure and ...

Top Reactions for All Ages: There have been 17,021 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with ADHD drugs/stimulants that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (MedWatch), ...

Anti-anxiety Drug Side Effects Reported to the FDA: There have been 35,110 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with anti-anxiety drugs that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting ...

Welcome to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health industry watchdog whose mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of ...

Psychiatric Drugs—Regulatory Warnings on Violence, Mania, Psychosis, Homicide Fact: Despite 49 international drug regulatory warnings on psychiatric drugs citing effects of mania, hostility, violence ...

During “Mental Illness Awareness Week” starting October 2, CCHR, a mental health industry watchdog, issues “FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT PSYCHIATRY” as a resource for consumers, media and politicians, ...

A Utah Senate bill passed through the Senate is a step in the right direction but tougher laws are needed nationally to protect children from chemical and physical restraints in state- and ...

Although there are numerous reasons for acts of mass violence, funding poured into violence prevention mental health programs has ignored a potential pivotal source, especially in schools: the ...

The Corrupt Alliance of the Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Industry In March 2009, the American Psychiatric Association announced that it would phase out pharmaceutical funding of continuing medical ...

Until the passage of state laws in the United States making it a criminal offense for psychiatrists and psychologists to have sexual relationships with or even rape their patients, mental health ...

Fact: Despite 49 international drug regulatory warnings on psychiatric drugs citing side effects of mania, hostility, violence, aggression and even homicidal ideation, and dozens of high profile ...

Encouraged by its decline, CCHR, a patients’ rights watchdog, launches a series exposing the downfall of electroshock treatment and its long-term dangers, including brain injury. By Jan ...