Italy’s top court rules part of involuntary psychiatric law unconstitutional; CCHR urges U.S. to adopt legal protections as ...

Despite years of investigations and billion-dollar fines, rampant abuse continues in youth behavioral-psychiatric hospitals. CCHR demands immediate federal and state action.

“There is an urgent need to ban all coercive and non-consensual measures in psychiatric settings.” – Amalia Gamio, advocate for disability rights in Mexico and vice chair, UN Committee on the Rights ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the prescribing of stimulants to treat it were the subject of a recent game-changing exposé in The New York Times Magazine. The revelations will ...

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 ...

The United States is spending more than ever on mental health—yet outcomes continue to worsen. Suicide rates are rising, psychiatric hospitalizations are increasing, and more Americans than ever are ...

“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 ...

“The New York Times report reinforces the urgent need for bold intervention, including harsher penalties for abusive hospitals, revoking their licenses to involuntarily commit, shutting down ...

“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 ...

“The findings are simply horrific. And the report shows a terrible pattern of mistreatment and abuse happening to kids — at facilities which now receive billions of dollars in federal funds.