CCHR demands a ban on chemical restraints in U.S. nursing homes and accountability for prescribers, facilities and pharmaceutical companies alike. By Jan Eastgate President CCHR International June 20, ...

Anti-anxiety Drug Side Effects Reported to the FDA: There have been 35,110 Adverse Drug Reactions in connection with anti-anxiety drugs that have been reported to the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting ...

According to international drug regulatory agency warnings, side effects of psychiatric drugs include mania, psychosis, hallucinations, worsening depression, suicidal ideation, heart attack, stroke, ...

“There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.” “It’s bull—. I mean, you just can’t ...

Psychiatric Drugs—Regulatory Warnings on Violence, Mania, Psychosis, Homicide Fact: Despite 49 international drug regulatory warnings on psychiatric drugs citing effects of mania, hostility, violence ...

During “Mental Illness Awareness Week” starting October 2, CCHR, a mental health industry watchdog, issues “FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT PSYCHIATRY” as a resource for consumers, media and politicians, ...

A Utah Senate bill passed through the Senate is a step in the right direction but tougher laws are needed nationally to protect children from chemical and physical restraints in state- and ...

Although there are numerous reasons for acts of mass violence, funding poured into violence prevention mental health programs has ignored a potential pivotal source, especially in schools: the ...

The Corrupt Alliance of the Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Industry In March 2009, the American Psychiatric Association announced that it would phase out pharmaceutical funding of continuing medical ...

School shootings and psychiatric drugs: It is not simply school shooters who have been found to be under the influence of or withdrawing from, psychiatric drugs. There are also documented cases of ...

In July 2022, a landmark study by scientists at the University College London, finally disproved the chemical imbalance theory of depression. The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, was a ...

Until the passage of state laws in the United States making it a criminal offense for psychiatrists and psychologists to have sexual relationships with or even rape their patients, mental health ...