Tag Archives: Mental Health

CCHR Promotes Human Rights During Mental Health Awareness Month

Citizens Commission on Human Rights advocates the global adoption of international human rights standards that call for informed consent to mental health treatment and an end of coercive psychiatric practices. Continue reading

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Maryland Governor Signs CCHR-Supported Legislation to Protect Troubled Youth from Abusive Transport to For-Profit Residential Behavioral Treatment Programs

Maryland legislators took action after receiving reports of abuse during the largely unregulated transport of young people to residential behavioral treatment programs. The programs themselves have been the subject of investigations that found rampant physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of the children and teens residing there. Continue reading

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Hallucinogen Use Leading to Hospital Visit More Than Doubles Risk of Premature Death, New Research Indicates

A new study has found that needing acute care after hallucinogen use is associated with a significantly increased risk of death within 5 years, especially from suicide, compared with the general population. Continue reading

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CCHR Applauds Call for Human Rights-based Approach to Mental Health

A new article in Health and Human Rights Journal calls for an approach to mental health in which every aspect of it and its determinants is endowed with respect for, and the realization of, human rights. Continue reading

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As International Human Rights Day Approaches, CCHR Urges Adoption of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights

International human rights standards call for human rights-based approaches in the field of mental health.  Citizens Commission on Human Rights is working to make those rights a reality through the promotion of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights. Continue reading

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Jealousy and Psychiatry

Research has identified many root causes of extreme jealousy, a primary one being… Continue reading

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What is Free Will?

Psychiatry in general is as confused by “free will” as the rest of society. Continue reading

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CCHR Calls on Congress to Align U.S. with International Human Rights Standards and End Coercive Mental Health Treatment

Research indicates coercive practices negatively impact physical and mental health, often compounding a person’s existing condition. Continue reading

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Psychiatric Diagnoses, Treatment with Psychiatric Drugs Linked to Worse Socioeconomic Outcomes for Patients, Study Finds

Psychiatric diagnoses and drugs were linked to lower income, increased unemployment, greater likelihood of being single and living alone. Continue reading

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Half of Depressed, Anxious Teens Recover Without Mental Health Treatment, Study Finds

Research indicates the resilience of adolescents is effective and can avoid the ineffectiveness, harms and costs of pharmacological and psychological treatments. Continue reading

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