Citizens Commission on Human Rights InternationalOpinion

New Documentary Probes Growing Evidence Linking Psychiatric Drugs to Violence

CCHR’s latest documentary, Prescription for Violence, compiles court rulings, expert testimony, and global data—featuring ...
Citizens Commission on Human Rights InternationalOpinion

New Data Shows Millions of U.S. Children Caught in Escalating Psychiatric Polypharmacy

National analyses reveal widespread psychotropic prescribing to infants, toddlers, and young children. CCHR is urging ...
CCHR Int

CCHR’s New Documentary Prescription for Violence Highlights Overlooked Safety Warnings

The international mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), is releasing Prescription for Violence: Psychiatry’s Deadly Side Effects, a two-hour documentary that details ...
CCHR Int

CCHR Supports Call to End Coercive Psychiatry at World Mental Health Congress

“Forced ECT, drugging, seclusion, restraint, and involuntary institutionalization constitute potential torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. These are not medical interventions; they are ...
CCHR Int

Misinformation Clouds Debate on Psychiatric Drug Toxicology Transparency

CCHR is urging legislators to ensure that policy decisions are guided by evidence, not misinformation from vested interests. The call follows testimony before the Wyoming Joint Labor, Health & Social ...
CCHR Int

Profits Over Protection: How Conflicted Psychiatrists Drove a Youth Antidepressant Crisis

Between 2020 and 2022, Pediatrics reported a 130% rise in antidepressant prescriptions for girls aged 12–17, while boys’ prescriptions dropped 7%. “What are the odds that one-third of American ...
CCHR Int

Why Psychiatric Detainment and Drugging Cannot Deliver Public Safety

“If society is serious about addressing violence, we must look beyond the false psychiatric narrative and confront all contributing factors—including psychiatric evaluation, hospitalization and ...
CCHR Int

Involuntary Commitment: America’s Eugenics Past Repackaged as “Mental Health Care”

“Involuntary psychiatric commitment today is not a form of care—it is the continuation of eugenics under new terminology... America and Europe have a chance to reject this failed model and instead ...
CCHR Int

CCHR Addresses UN in Support of Global Ban on Coercive Psychiatry

“Electroshock, psychosurgery, forced drugging, seclusion, and restraint are not care—they are state-sanctioned abuse and must end. Upholding autonomy, dignity, and liberty is non-negotiable.” – Jan ...
CCHR Int

Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment of the Homeless: A Dangerous, Costly Failure

“Involuntary psychiatric commitment of the homeless is not a compassionate solution—it’s a costly, coercive, and dangerous policy built on a system that has failed for decades. It compounds trauma, ...
CCHR Int

Psychedelics for Vets? CCHR Cites History of Exploitation and Failed Science

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is warning Congress and the public that new legislation to legalize psychedelic drugs for U.S. veterans is a dangerous repeat of history, ...