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Tag Archives: Mental Health
Some Involuntary Commitments Lead to Twice the Risk of Death or Charge of Violent Crime After Discharge, New Research Finds
New study finds that psychiatric hospitalization for some people doubles the risk of suicide, overdose death, and violence, adding to the medical literature indicating forced psychiatric treatment can do more harm than good. 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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