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CCHR Led Hundreds of Protestors Outside Psychiatric Convention Demanding a Ban on Electroshock Treatment
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CCHR Led Hundreds of Protestors Outside Psychiatric Convention Demanding a Ban on Electroshock Treatment

 Human rights group loudly speaks out for nationwide ban on "torturous" electroshock treatment given to 0-5-year-olds, pregnant women, elderly, veterans and more Read More
New Blog Offers Electroshock Victims & Families a Forum to Speak Out
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New Blog Offers Electroshock Victims & Families a Forum to Speak Out

 CCHR's public awareness blog provides facts and warnings about electroconvulsive therapy and the need to ban it Read More
UN Human Rights Council Condemns Forced Psychiatric Practices
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UN Human Rights Council Condemns Forced Psychiatric Practices

 CCHR urges need to ban coercive treatment and electroshock Read More
Constitutional Attorney Supports Mental Health Watchdog's Call for Electroshock Ban
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Constitutional Attorney Supports Mental Health Watchdog's Call for Electroshock Ban

 CCHR wants electroconvulsive therapy training colleges and practitioners stopped from causing further damage Read More
CCHR: Ban Needed on 'Torturous' Electroconvulsive Therapy
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CCHR: Ban Needed on 'Torturous' Electroconvulsive Therapy

 Watchdog finds electroshock causes brain damage, memory loss, death and 'mental euthanasia' Read More
CCHR Supports Attorneys' Challenge to FDA's Proposal That Would Allow Increased Electroshocking of Children and Adolescents
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CCHR Supports Attorneys' Challenge to FDA's Proposal That Would Allow Increased Electroshocking of Children and Adolescents

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Greater Protections Needed for the Elderly Against Psychotropic Drug and Electroshock Use
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Greater Protections Needed for the Elderly Against Psychotropic Drug and Electroshock Use

 CCHR reviews U.S. antipsychotic reduction program for nursing home residents Read More
Psychologists in Support of Ban on Electroshock
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Psychologists in Support of Ban on Electroshock

 At the American Psychiatric Association in San Diego, California, human rights group demands an end to ECT (electroconvulsive treatment) and a nationwide ban against using the so-called treatment on children. Read More
Exhibit Exposes Past and Present Psychiatric Human Rights Abuses
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Exhibit Exposes Past and Present Psychiatric Human Rights Abuses

 With child drugging on the rise and the FDA's failure to enforce their own regulations on clinical trials, a new exhibit opens amid controversy in Seattle. Read More
Calling for Ban on Electroshock of Children
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Calling for Ban on Electroshock of Children

 At the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association in Atlanta, Georgia, diverse organizations including the Nation of Islam, NAACP, Black Lives Matter, 10,000 Fearless Men and Concerned Black Clergy joined CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) in a demonstration to demand the ban of shock treatment on children. Read More
Watchdog Group CCHR Seeks to Stop American Psychiatric Association's Push to Reclassify Electroshock Devices for Use on Children
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Watchdog Group CCHR Seeks to Stop American Psychiatric Association's Push to Reclassify Electroshock Devices for Use on Children

 Mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights will be protesting the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in Atlanta, Georgia on May 14th to oppose their recent push to reclassify electroshock devices to include its use on children. CCHR was established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz as a non-religious, non-political mental health watchdog. Read More
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Electroshock Device Too Risky For Reclassification: ECT Survivors Feel Vindicated

 A panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended Friday that devices used to deliver ECT, or psychiatric shock treatment, remain in the most high-risk category (Class III), reserved for the most dangerous medical devices. Read More