LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 27, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), a mental health industry watchdog, is calling for an overhaul of psychiatric hospitalization and community treatment laws. With 54% of U.S. psychiatric patients held involuntarily, CCHR warns the system has normalized coercion. Most U.S. states authorize Assisted Outpatient […]
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Press Release: CCHR Leads Protest About Child Restraint Deaths and $329B Mental Health Failure
By Send2Press Newswire on May 20, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 20, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As the American Psychiatric Association (APA) holds its annual meeting in Los Angeles, a diverse coalition of human rights advocates, civil rights leaders, clergy, medical professionals, and attorneys gathered outside the convention center, calling for an urgent end to coercive psychiatric practices. Led by the Citizens […]
Press Release: Mental Health Awareness Month – Tennessee Enacts Psychotropic Testing Law
By Send2Press Newswire on May 12, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 12, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A landmark law recently passed in Tennessee raises awareness about psychotropic drugs linked to potential violent behavior, marking a paradigm shift in advancing public safety and accountability for these prescriptions. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International, a mental health industry watchdog, praised the regulations as […]
Press Release: Psychiatry’s Legacy of Racism and Coercion Highlighted in Restraint Deaths
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 5, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With May being Mental Health Month, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is spotlighting a disturbing new study published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, titled “I Can’t Breathe” – A Study of Civil Litigated Cases on Prone Restraint Deaths. The review […]
Press Release: Hollywood Volunteers Transform Neighborhood for Earth Day: Butterflies Respond Immediately to New Gardens
By Send2Press Newswire on April 29, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 29, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In a remarkable display of environmental stewardship, volunteers ranging from age 9 to 72 transformed parts of Hollywood this past weekend through a comprehensive Earth Day initiative inspired by the precept “Safeguard and Improve Your Environment” from L. Ron Hubbard’s common-sense guide, “The Way to Happiness,” […]
Press Release: CCHR Urges U.S. to Adopt WHO Mental Health Policy Condemning Coercive Psychiatry
By Send2Press Newswire on April 28, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 28, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a powerful new directive urging nations to eliminate coercive psychiatric practices, including forced hospitalization, drugging, and seclusion. The Guidance on Mental Health Policy and Strategic Action Plans outlines a rights-based approach that marks a sharp departure from institutionalization and […]
Press Release: New York Times Exposé Vindicates CCHR: ADHD Isn’t Biological, Says Watchdog
By Send2Press Newswire on April 21, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 21, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A recent exposé in The New York Times Magazine will send shockwaves through the psychiatric community, affirming what the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) has warned for decades: there is no medical proof that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a biological disorder.[1] Yet, […]
Press Release: CCHR Exposes Invasive Brain Treatments: Mental Health Patients Pay the Price
By Send2Press Newswire on April 15, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 15, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), a leading mental health industry watchdog, has released a damning report detailing how psychiatry is blaming patients-rather than failed treatments-to justify a surge in brain stimulation interventions. “When psychiatric drugs and therapy don’t work, psychiatry rarely blames the […]
Press Release: CCHR Says Despite Record-High Spending, Mental Health Outcomes Decline-Experts Say Fault Lies with Flawed Diagnostic System
By Send2Press Newswire on April 7, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., NonProfit and Charities, Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 7, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is sounding the alarm on the unchecked expansion of psychiatric diagnoses-most notably through the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). What began in 1952 with just 106 diagnoses exploded to over 300 by 2013, despite a […]
Press Release: Drug-Free World’s Truth About Fentanyl Booklet: A Literal Lifesaver
By Send2Press Newswire on April 3, 2025 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 3, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On March 11, Southern California police seized 50 pounds of illicit fentanyl, enough for 14 million lethal doses of the drug to be added to street drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals destined for dealers or to be sold online to unsuspecting victims. “If that much was seized,” […]