Despite record-high spending, mental health outcomes decline—experts say the fault lies with a flawed diagnostic system as ...

CCHR acknowledges media as inadvertent watchdogs that can influence legislators to enact protections against increasing incidents of sexual and restraint abuse of teens in psychiatric… ...

A prestigious award recognized five decades of relentless advocacy for justice and reform fought by CCHR and survivors of ...

A newly published report in the University of Baltimore Law Review reveals widespread abuse and negligence in the troubled teen industry, where thousands of adolescents suffer mistreatment in ...

I love Big Pharma. After getting a masters degree in drug design, I was fortunate enough to work within their stinky labs and learn the inner workings of corporate drug making (and dealing). My most ...

CCHR Demands Increased Medicaid/Medicare Oversight, Accountability, and Criminal Prosecution in Response to National Scandal of Staff-Inflicted Sexual Abuse in Residential Behavioral and Psychiatric ...

“Abuse thrives in environments with minimal oversight. Many mental health facilities operate with little supervision, creating a breeding ground for these horrific acts to go undetected for years.

Congress passed the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, championed by Paris Hilton, and supported by CCHR. The law sets a precedent for future protections for… ...

Reinforcing the Campaign to Educate Parents on Preventing Coerced Mental Health Screening and Drugging of Schoolchildren By Jan EastgatePresident CCHR InternationalMarch 7, 2025 CCHR International… ...

“Encouraging mental health screening for children is unsupported by scientific evidence and amounts to a reckless public health experiment on children.” – Allen Frances, psychiatrist and former Chair ...

CCHR testifies before hearing of Maryland law seeking to end potentially lethal restraint methods used in youth transports to psychiatric treatment facilities. By Jan EastgatePresident… ...