A prestigious award recognized five decades of relentless advocacy for justice and reform fought by CCHR and survivors of ...

CCHR acknowledges media as inadvertent watchdogs that can influence legislators to enact protections against increasing incidents of sexual and restraint abuse of teens in psychiatric… ...

Parents Urged to Seek Constitutional Justice for Abused Teens—University of Baltimore Law Review report exposes widespread ...

“Abuse thrives in environments with minimal oversight. Many mental health facilities operate with little supervision, creating a breeding ground for these horrific acts to go undetected for years.

“Encouraging mental health screening for children is unsupported by scientific evidence and amounts to a reckless public health experiment on children.” – Allen Frances, psychiatrist and former Chair ...

I love Big Pharma. After getting a masters degree in drug design, I was fortunate enough to work within their stinky labs and learn the inner workings of corporate drug making (and dealing). My most ...

The pop icon’s traumatic story of being held captive by a punitive guardianship law, with abusive psychiatric evaluations and forced mood-altering drugs, has prompted legislators… ...

Michigan, the only U.S. state that has a pharmaceutical “immunity law” seems determined to prosecute Maryanne Godboldo for refusing to administer a dangerous antipsychotic drug… ...

CCHR Demands Increased Medicaid/Medicare Oversight, Accountability, and Criminal Prosecution in Response to National Scandal of Staff-Inflicted Sexual Abuse in Residential Behavioral and Psychiatric ...

CCHR testifies before hearing of Maryland law seeking to end potentially lethal restraint methods used in youth transports to psychiatric treatment facilities. By Jan EastgatePresident… ...