LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 23, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As U.S. policies increasingly promote involuntary psychiatric commitment for homeless populations following a July 2025 executive order, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) warns that expanding coercive psychiatry violates human rights and lacks proven benefits.[1] CCHR calls for ending involuntary commitment and forced treatment, […]
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Press Release: CCHR Raises Alarm Over Psychiatric Euthanasia as Assisted-Suicide Laws Expand
By Send2Press Newswire on March 17, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 17, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As assisted-suicide laws expand worldwide to include individuals diagnosed with mental disorders, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) warns that psychiatry’s diagnostic system-lacking objective medical tests-should never justify ending a human life. The watchdog group says the trend reflects a dangerous shift toward psychiatric-sanctioned […]
Press Release: CCHR: CIA Mind-Control History is a Predictor of Today’s Mass Psychiatric Drug Expansion
By Send2Press Newswire on March 10, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 10, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Media outlets are increasingly reporting on the CIA’s behavioral research programs of the 1950s and 1960s, which experimented with drugs and psychological techniques to influence human behavior. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) began exposing these psychiatric mind control programs in the 1970s through […]
Press Release: CCHR Says Antipsychotic Drug Harm in the Face of Workable Alternatives is Blatantly Ignored
By Send2Press Newswire on March 2, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seventy-two years after the first antipsychotic, Thorazine, was approved, psychiatry is now seriously discussing the need to deprescribe these drugs. For millions already exposed, that realization comes far too late. Despite decades of mounting evidence of severe and sometimes irreversible harm, new drugs in the same […]
Press Release: CCHR: Psychiatry Concedes Antidepressant Withdrawal Can Be Severe and Prolonged
By Send2Press Newswire on February 25, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 25, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) says a landmark article published in Psychiatric Times confirms what patients, independent researchers, and CCHR have documented and warned about for more than three decades: SSRI antidepressant withdrawal is more common and severe than previously acknowledged and frequently […]
Press Release: CCHR Warns Ongoing Psychiatric Drug Approvals Persist Despite Documented Risks
By Send2Press Newswire on February 18, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 18, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — More than 30 years after early warnings about antidepressant-linked suicidality and violence were downplayed, new peer-reviewed studies are again raising concerns about psychiatric drug oversight. The mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) says high-risk drugs are seldom removed from the market and […]
Press Release: CCHR: Billions of Dollars Wasted on Mental Health Research with Worsening Outcomes
By Send2Press Newswire on February 9, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 9, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Research waste at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is reportedly costing U.S. taxpayers over $100 million annually, according to analyses of completed NIH-funded trials. With an annual budget of $48 billion, the NIH is the largest public funder of health, including mental health research, in […]
Press Release: CCHR: Historic European Vote Rejecting Coercive Psychiatry Underscores Urgent Need for U.S. Reform
By Send2Press Newswire on February 2, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 2, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The United States is increasingly isolated in its continued reliance on forced psychiatric commitment and treatment, as global human rights institutions move decisively to end coercive mental health practices. Following a landmark unanimous vote, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is urging U.S. policymakers […]
Press Release: CCHR Calls for American Disabilities Act Reform to Align with Global Human Rights Protections
By Send2Press Newswire on January 26, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 26, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The mental health industry watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is calling for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to be expanded and modernized to align with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Such reforms are necessary to […]
Press Release: CCHR White Paper Calls for Federal and State Enforcement Against Abusive Youth Facilities
By Send2Press Newswire on January 19, 2026 in LOS ANGELES, Calif., Press Releases, Religion and Churches
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 19, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A sweeping new white paper released by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) warns lawmakers that abuse, neglect, preventable deaths, and fraud remain endemic in the troubled teen treatment industry and for-profit psychiatric hospitals, despite years of warnings, litigation, and media investigations.