Little known but extremely relevant fact: Campaigns to “Stop the Stigma” of “Mental Illness” were launched by… the Pharmaceutical Industry. With a seemingly altruistic agenda, the fact is campaigns ...

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit organization and the largest, most effective movement for mental health reform in the world that has helped enact more than 150 laws ...

“The FDA has utterly ignored clear-cut evidence of brain damage, memory loss, and death resulting from ECT. ECT is barbaric and should be removed from the market.” – Jonathan Emord, Attorney A ...

Between 2020 and 2022, Pediatrics reported a 130% rise in antidepressant prescriptions for girls aged 12–17, while boys’ prescriptions dropped 7%. “What are the odds that one-third of American ...

“Involuntary psychiatric commitment of the homeless is not a compassionate solution—it’s a costly, coercive, and dangerous policy built on a system that has failed for decades. It compounds trauma, ...

Common brand name stimulants, also known as ADHD drugs, include Ritalin, Concerta, Adderall, Metadate, Vyvanse, Provigil. To see the total figures from IQVia on the number of people taking ADHD drugs ...

Common brand name anti-anxiety drugs include Xanax, Valium, Halcion, Klonopin, Ambien, Ativan. Includes the class of drugs known as Benzodiazepines. To see the total figures from IQVia on the number ...

“HB 497 represents a crucial step in ending abusive transport practices and providing legal recourse for victims. With growing bipartisan concern over the treatment of youth in behavioral health ...

CCHR International, which was among the groups that first helped get electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) banned on minors in California nearly 50 years ago, hails the current decline in psychiatric use of ...

“It is a legalized child abuse industry from labeling teen behavior as mentally disordered, to kidnapping and dumping them into abusive psychiatric and behavioral facilities with impunity. It deceives ...

“Without a commitment to end all coercive psychiatric practices, including forced hospitalization, drugging and electroshock treatment, there cannot be cutting-edge solutions because psychiatrists ...

“Universal Health Services, similar for-profit psychiatric hospital chains, and the mental health practitioners who treat foster children profit from a $23 billion a year ‘child abuse’ industry.” – ...