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Study: Electroshock Patients 44 Times More Likely to Commit Suicide

Study: Electroshock Patients 44 Times More Likely to Commit Suicide

Mental health watchdog says new study on electroshock and increased suicide risks reinforces calls for a nationwide ban. By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry…

$20 Billion in Psychiatric Fraud Requires Government Oversight and Patient Protections – Part 1

CCHR’s series on psychiatric fraud aims to assist policymakers and law enforcement in isolating how funding, without accountability for outcomes, has enabled massive financial waste…

Mental Health Funding Has Delivered Deaths, Child Abuse, and a System in Shambles

Mental Health Funding Has Delivered Deaths, Child Abuse, and a System in Shambles

$280 billion in mental health funding hasn’t ended violent restraint use and patient deaths. And in schools, despite mental health screening and treatment, the culture…

U.S. Congress Gives Legal Right to Ban Electroshock Treatment Torture Device

U.S. Congress Gives Legal Right to Ban Electroshock Treatment Torture Device

CCHR calls on Massachusetts legislators to ban the use of electroshock for behavioral punishment, and not wait for the FDA to prohibit the shock device,…

Oversight of Chemical Restraint Use in Foster Care Children Has Failed and Harmed Them

Oversight of Chemical Restraint Use in Foster Care Children Has Failed and Harmed Them

25% of foster care children are still being subjected to psychotropic drugs, despite decades of government oversight. Medicaid accounts for 80% of all antipsychotic prescriptions…