CCHR, Author at Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

“With no clinical trials proving its safety, electroshock treatment plays Russian roulette with the lives of vulnerable people who are often ill-informed about its long-term effects, including, according to an ECT device manufacturer, permanent brain damage, as well as severe memory loss.”

30 Sep

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Mental Health Watchdog Cites United Nations Report on Enforced (Involuntary) ECT is Recognized Torture

by CCHR in ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, All, Informed Consent, All, Involuntary Commitment

In a continuing series about the use of electroshock treatment (ECT) and this practice putting at risk a reported 100,000 Americans every year, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), a mental health industry watchdog, says electroshock can be given ...

24 Sep

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ELECTROSHOCK: BRAIN DAMAGE & CONSUMER FRAUD Mental Health Industry Watchdog Reiterates the Need for a Ban

by CCHR in Acadia, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Fraud, All, Informed Consent, Patient Rights

In the second part of a series of public awareness articles posted on TruthAboutECT.org, Jan Eastgate, the president of mental health industry watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International explores the coverup of the dangers of psychiatric electroshock treatment, or ...

17 Sep

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Mental Health Industry Watchdog Vindicated over Prozac Risk Cover Up as $20M Secret Court Deal is Exposed

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Big Pharma, All, Depression, All, Drug Warnings, All, Prozac, School Shooting, Suicide, Violence

The Louisville Courier Journal recently reported that Eli Lilly, which produces Prozac, the antidepressant that Joseph Wesbecker’s victims blamed for his deadly shooting rampage 30 years ago on September 14, 1989, secretly paid the victims $20 million to help ensure ...

08 Sep

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CCHR Exposes Electroshock Assault Masked as “Therapy”

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, Brian Devices, All, Depression, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, All, Informed Consent, All, Mental Illness, All, Psychiatric Abuse, Shock Treatment, All, Suicide Prevention, treatment-resistant depression

The mental health industry watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has been investigating what it says is harm in the name of “mental healthcare” for 50 years. Whether it is psychotropic drugs being linked to many mass shootings and ...

01 Sep

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Another Psychiatric Drug, Another Act of Senseless Violence: the All-Too Often Finding in Mass Killings CCHR reports

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, All, Big Pharma, All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, Drug Warnings, All, Drugs in our Schools, All, Involuntary Commitment, Involuntary Commitment, Mass Shootings, All, Mental Health First Aid, All, Mental Illness, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychotropic Drugs, School Shooting, All, Suicide Prevention, Violence

Montgomery County Coroner has confirmed that the alleged Dayton, Ohio shooter had the benzodiazepine, alprazolam, in his system along with cocaine, alcohol and other substances.[i] In its report, Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence and Suicide, the mental health watchdog Citizens Commission ...

20 Aug

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Multi-Million Dollar Fines Insufficient to Curb Fraud & Patient Sexual Abuse in For-Profit Behavioral Health Industry, CCHR Says

by CCHR in Acadia, All, Children, All, Foster Care, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, Sequel, Sequel Youth and Family Services, SequelCare, Sexual Assault, All, Teens, UHS, Universal Health Services

Universal Health Services (UHS), which owns a chain of for-profit psychiatric facilities in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, has agreed to pay $127 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil probe into alleged fraud. The settlement ...

20 Aug

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CCHR Calls for Investigation of Systemic Betrayal and Rape in the Psychiatric-Behavioral System

by CCHR in All, Psychiatric Abuse, Sexual Assault

Updated: 26 August 2019: In a ground-breaking decision on August 12 2019, a Ventura, California jury awarded $13.25 million to three women who were sexually assaulted by a staff member at the for-profit psychiatric facility, Aurora Vista del Mar Hospital ...

14 Aug

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A Warning that cannot be ignored: Psychiatric Drugs Create Violence CCHR calls for Urgent Government Investigation

by CCHR in All, Abilify, All, ADD, All, ADHD, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, Drug Warnings, Mass Shootings, School Shooting, All, Suicide Prevention

The spate of recent mass shootings has prompted the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) to reiterate the urgent need for State and a Federal government investigation into the irrefutable link between psychotropic drugs and violence. ...

06 Aug

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Getting it Right About Antidepressants, CCHR and a Global Concern About Psychiatric Drug Dependency and Risks

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Children, All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, Drug Warnings, Mass Shootings, All, Mental Health Screening, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychotropic Drugs, School Shooting, Suicide, All, Suicide Prevention, All, Teens, treatment-resistant depression

Current debates in the media about antidepressants raise important issues—global antidepressant use is soaring, but the once-touted “miracle pills” now carry international drug regulatory agency warnings that potentially link them to suicides and acts of violence while studies show them to be ...

31 Jul

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ECT Damage: Are Psychiatrists Ignorant or Malicious?

by CCHR in Brian Devices, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Fraud, Lobtomy, All, Mental Illness, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, All, Psychiatric Abuse, PTSD, Shock Treatment, Suicide, All, Suicide Prevention, treatment-resistant depression, All, Veterans

Psychiatrist Ugo Cerletti watched pigs being “anesthetized” with electroshock before they were butchered. This seemed a delightful outcome to Cerletti. He proceeded to experiment on hapless dogs and other animals, producing “reliable epileptic fits.” Apparently, this was not enough for ...

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