CCHR, Author at Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

17 Jul

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CCHR Says Minority Mental Health Month May Spell Mental Health Slavery

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Disorders, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse

While July is recognized as Minority Mental Health Month, Rev. Frederick Shaw, spokesperson for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) warns that it can be used to stigmatize African Americans and put them at risk of harm from ...

09 Jul

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Anesthetic that Killed Michael Jackson Used as Experimental “Depression” Drug: CCHR Warns of Treatments That Can Induce, Not Prevent Suicide

by CCHR in All, Anti-Seizure Medications, All, Drug Warnings, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Fraud, All, Mental Illness, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, Shock Treatment, treatment-resistant depression

Anesthetics that induce a loss of sensation and awareness are being used as experimental drugs to treat depression, with a recent study using propofol—the anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson. Mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) says people ...

02 Jul

1

CCHR Says Psychiatrists Got it Wrong on Electroshock ‘Treatment’ in Wall Street Journal

by CCHR in ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, Shock Treatment, treatment-resistant depression

Psychiatrists’ misleading claims could deny consumers evidence of ECT’s real damage, inducing suicide By Jan Eastgate President, CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog July 2, 2019 In a requested statement provided to The Wall Street Journal regarding the use of ...

26 Jun

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CCHR Warns About Antidepressant “Nasal Spray,” Esketamine (Spravato), Use on Veterans

by CCHR in All, Depression, Esketamine, All, Military, Spravato, Uncategorized, All, Veterans

By Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog June 26, 2019 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is concerned that President Trump is being misled about a nasal spray depression drug, esketamine (Spravato) being the answer to ...

26 Jun

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CCHR Says Federal and State Investigations Needed into Soaring Psychotropic Drug Use, Suicides and Violence

by CCHR in All, ADHD, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, Mass Shootings, All, Prozac, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychostimulants, All, Psychotropic Drugs, School Shooting, Suicide, Violence

20 Jun

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The Hoax of Biologically Caused Depression

by CCHR in All, Depression, All, DSM, All, Mental Health Screening, All, Mental Illness, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatry

Psychiatry and pharmaceutical companies have increasingly pushed the theory that depression has a biological, even genetic cause. However, Science Alert online made this bold statement recently, “New research on depression has debunked decades of work that singled out individual genes ...

But if mental disorders diseases, why can't the “mental specialists” (psychologists and psychiatrists) cure them?

20 Jun

1

Mental Illness…Fraud or Fact?

by CCHR in All, ADHD, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, All, DSM, All, Health Care Fraud, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychostimulants, All, Suicide Prevention

Interestingly, mental illness is not considered curable by those who supposedly treat it. In fact, according to the Psychiatric Bible (The DSM), there are hundreds of mental disorders. And not a single one of them has a promised cure. In ...

Studies have shown that people tend to believe whatever their doctor tells them. This is sometimes called “white coat syndrome.”

20 Jun

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Don’t Psychiatrists know what they’re talking about?

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, All, Big Pharma, All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, Drug Warnings, Uncategorized

Studies have shown that people tend to believe whatever their doctor tells them. This is sometimes called “white coat syndrome.” And despite numerous articles equating this with a blood pressure rise in the doctor’s office, the “syndrome” can be a ...

11 Jun

1

Black Box Warning on Sleep Aids is not Enough

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Big Pharma, All, Drug Warnings

Federal health regulators announced in April 2019 that manufacturers of certain sleeping pills must now include a “black box” warning alerting consumers of the potential for serious or life-threatening side effects. This is what the agency’s safety alert says: “Patients, ...

05 Jun

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CCHR Calling for Stronger Informed Consent When Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, DSM, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, All, Informed Consent, All, Mental Health First Aid, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Mental Health Screening, All, Mental Illness, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs

A recent study of 620,000 people in the U.S. has summarily debunked the claim that depression is genetic in origin. [1] “This study confirms that efforts to find a single gene or handful of genes which determine depression are doomed ...

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