CCHR says the troubled teen industry still endangers kids’ lives, and tougher bans and oversight of both facilities are ...

CCHR demands a ban on chemical restraints in U.S. nursing homes and accountability for prescribers, facilities and pharmaceutical companies alike.

Despite years of investigations and billion-dollar fines, rampant abuse continues in youth behavioral-psychiatric hospitals. CCHR demands immediate federal and state action.

CCHR leads protest against American Psychiatric Association, citing billions of dollars wasted on coercive practices—deadly restraints killing children, forced treatment—and a system that harms ...

Congress passed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, championed by Paris Hilton and backed by CCHR, setting a key precedent for future youth protections.

After more than 50 years of investigating and exposing psychiatric violations of human rights, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) can say with certainty that the psychiatric/mental health ...

Expert declares mental health and psychiatry are in a tailspin. CCHR warns of psychiatric treatment risks, rising drug deaths, and poor psychiatric outcomes requiring close scrutiny. By CCHR ...

Recent legislation improving oversight of youth behavioral facilities offers national hope, but CCHR warns that psychiatric hospitals involved in fraud and sexual abuse are evading justice through “no ...

“The New York Times report reinforces the urgent need for bold intervention, including harsher penalties for abusive hospitals, revoking their licenses to involuntarily commit, shutting down ...

Mental health industry watchdog praises recent Senate Committee on Finance report, “Warehouses of Neglect,” for exposing egregious systemic abuse of youths within the behavioral treatment industry.

“ In response to the pervasive sexual abuse and assault within psychiatric facilities, CCHR condemns the mental health industry for endangering children and profiting from it. CCHR demands ...