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World Health Organization New Guidelines are Vital to End …

WEBFor example, WHO points to a series of UN guidelines and Human Rights Council resolutions that have called on countries to tackle the “unlawful or arbitrary …

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Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights – CCHR International

WEBThe Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights articulates the guiding principles and goals of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). In 2017, Dr. Dainius Pūras, the …

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Psychiatrists Turn the Cherished Belief in Santa into a “Mental

WEBCCHR says a tradition of mental health professionals diagnosing children’s belief in Santa as harmful is symptomatic of how childhood gets wrongly labeled as a …

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CCHR Reissues Call for Ban on Psychiatric Restraints Amid Global

WEBThe call for a ban on restraint use and all coercive psychiatric practices was reiterated in light of a World Health Organization guideline for legislators issued on …

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About Us – CCHR International

WEBAbout Us. Mission Statement: The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health industry watchdog whose mission is to …

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Psychiatric Drugs: School Shootings And Other Acts Of Senseless

WEBThe mental health watchdog group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) International created a fully documented 64-page report that details more than 60 …

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UHS—For-Profit Psych Hospital’s $132 Million Payout Over DOJ

WEBCCHR has filed thousands of complaints with state & federal agencies over alleged fraud and abuse in Universal Health Services behavioral facilities: Settlement is …

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Mother Jones Story on Behavioral Facility Abuse of Foster Children

WEBCCHR says media exposure of child abuse in the $23 billion behavioral industry is in vital need of reform. By CCHR InternationalMental Health Industry …

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$20 Billion in Psychiatric Fraud Requires Government Oversight …

WEBFraud- or theft-related crimes account for the second largest part of all the crimes conducted in the mental health industry in the U.S. According to a 2020 study …

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Federal Government Suspends Research at New York State …

WEBAll human research trials at New York State Psychiatric Institute are halted while federal regulators investigate possible violations of clinical drug trial protocols …

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Psychiatric For-Profit Hospitals—Rife with Fraud, Patient Abuse, …

WEBSimilar allegations of safety risks have been leveled at for-profit psychiatric hospital chains in the U.S. For example, UHS’s Two Rivers Behavioral Health System in …

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Number of People Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the United States

WEBNote: The total number of individuals on psychiatric drugs was cited by IQVia as 76,940,157. The totals for each class of drug (i.e. ADHD or Antidepressant drugs) may …

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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – CCHR International

WEBFirst formed as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in 1979, it later changed its name to National Alliance on Mental Illness. The group has and continues to rely upon …

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For-Profit Psychiatric Hospitals Need Stronger Penalties for Abuses …

WEBCCHR says despite $485M jury award to an 8-year-old sexually abused in for-profit psychiatric hospital chain’s foster care program, poor oversight in the …

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Business as Usual at America’s Largest Psychiatric Hospital Chain

WEBBy CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog October 3, 2017. Universal Health Services (UHS), which owns the largest for-profit psychiatric …

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More Patient Sexual Assault and Abuse Allegations Against For …

WEBBy Jan Eastgate President, CCHR International The Mental Health Watchdog March 10, 2020. Only a month ago, CCHR reported abuse of foster care children in for-profit psychiatric facilities and the need for greater government oversight. Several of the largest owners of these are Acadia Healthcare and Universal Health Services (UHS).

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Professor Thomas Szasz on His Book, The Myth of Mental Illness

WEBProfessor Thomas Szasz on His Book, The Myth of Mental Illness. “My argument was limited to the proposition that mental illness is a myth, whose function it is to disguise …

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Largest US Psychiatric Hospital Chain (UHS) Loses $1.5 Billion …

WEBUHS stock plunges following BuzzFeed investigation By CCHR International December 9, 2016 International mental health industry watchdog Citizens Commission …

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UHS: Multiple Child Sexual Abuse Charges and $127m Lawsuit

WEBOctober 27, 2020. Twenty former patients from Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County, Virginia, have filed a lawsuit seeking $127 million in …

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Psychiatric Living Will – CCHR International

WEBPsychiatric Living Will. The following declaration should be signed and witnessed by a notary public, clergyman, attorney or at least by a trusted friend or reliable family …

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New York Times exposes psychiatric abuse of Foster kids: Children …

WEBA federal lawsuit is seeking to bar New York City from allowing troubled foster-care children to be kept in psychiatric hospitals after doctors have recommended …

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Danish ADHD study makes grim reading for trigger-happy …

WEBChildren who take ADHD medication have twice the risk of developing heart problems, according to a study at the National Centre for Register-based Research at …

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