“After years of sharing my story and advocating on Capitol Hill, the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act has officially passed the U.S Congress. This moment is proof that our voices matter, that ...

In commemoration of Universal Children’s Day in November and Human Rights Day on December 10th, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International launched a new campaign in the U.S. aimed at ...

A Minnesota man, David Russell, 44, has successfully fought against being court-ordered to receive further damaging electroshock treatment.[1] The movement to help Mr. Russell was started by Mind ...

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health industry watchdog founded in 1969 to support the principles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted ...

The “Psychosis Risk” proposal has stimulated widespread opposition (even I am told from within the Workgroup itself). The arguments against it are simply overwhelming. The false positive rate in ...

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,… ...

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… ...

*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… ...

CCHR International fortifies its commitment to cleaning up the field of mental healing amid the current dangerous trend in psychiatry—psychedelics, forced treatment and targeting minorities….

CCHR International fortifies its commitment to cleaning up the field of mental healing amid the current dangerous trend in psychiatry—psychedelics, forced treatment and targeting minorities….