Tag Archives: Abuse

Psychiatric Abuse of Veterans

Posted on October 3, 2015 by cchrstl

Psychiatric Abuse of Veterans The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has for many years lobbied for veterans rights, informed consent, and treatment alternatives to psychiatric medication of America’s military personnel. In keeping with its mandate to restore human rights … Continue reading →

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Migrant Children, a New Psychiatric Patient Pool?

Posted on April 25, 2015 by cchrstl

Migrant Children, a New Psychiatric Patient Pool? While we hesitate to comment on the controversy surrounding the federal government’s amnesty program for illegal immigrants, we do see a potential effect of interest to the concerns of CCHR and those who … Continue reading →

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Ferguson and Human Rights

Posted on December 6, 2014 by cchrstl

Ferguson and Human Rights Most people have never heard of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. And almost no one can name more than a few of the 30 rights it … Continue reading →

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Missouri Governor Signs Two Anti-Psych Bills

Posted on July 31, 2014 by cchrstl

Missouri Governor Signs Two Anti-Psych Bills SS SCS SB 532 (Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 532) – Modifies provisions relating to educational and medical consent provided by relative caregivers. Signed by Governor Nixon 7/9/2014; goes into … Continue reading →

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The Hard Truth #2

Posted on July 9, 2014 by cchrstl

The Hard Truth #2 In our May 5th newsletter we introduced The Hard Truth Magazine. We are delighted to recommend issue number 2 just released. Here is a brief quote from this latest issue: “In China, the Falun Gong (a … Continue reading →

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The Hard Truth

Posted on May 4, 2014 by cchrstl

The Hard Truth This week we reviewed the inaugural edition of The Hard Truth Magazine, a new online publication that deals with financial, political, corporate, healthcare, and governmental corruption — one that not only exposes the abuse of power in … Continue reading →

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Ways to Reduce the Missouri Budget

Posted on April 23, 2014 by cchrstl

The Insane Bloat of the Missouri Department of Mental Health Budget from 1971 to 2014 – almost $2 Billion and Rapidly Rising The introduction and passage of legislation designed to curb psychiatric fraud and abuse can contribute to the reduction … Continue reading →

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Boston Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit and Justina Pelletier’s 13 month incarceration

Posted on April 8, 2014 by cchrstl

Boston Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit and Justina Pelletier’s 13 month incarceration The international mental health watchdog organization, Citizens Commission on Human Rights, is calling on Massachusetts State Attorney General to investigate Boston Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit in the case of … Continue reading →

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File a Complaint about psychiatric Abuse Today

Posted on March 12, 2014 by cchrstl

File a Complaint about psychiatric Abuse Today We are delighted to inform you that if you have experienced abuse by a psychiatrist, you can now file a complaint in any state in a few minutes. With thanks to PsychSearch.net, this … Continue reading →

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Mary Jane comes to psychiatry

Posted on January 27, 2014 by cchrstl

Mary Jane comes to psychiatry There has been a lot in the news recently about marijuana — “medical” marijuana, synthetic marijuana, legalizing marijuana, human interest stories about someone smoking marijuana, rants about the horrors of marijuana smoking — in short, … Continue reading →

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