About Us - CCHR International
WEBAbout Us. Mission Statement: The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health industry watchdog whose mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health. We work to ensure patient and consumer protections are enacted and upheld as there is rampant abuse in the ...
Number of People Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the United States
WEBNote: The total number of individuals on psychiatric drugs was cited by IQVia as 76,940,157. The totals for each class of drug (i.e. ADHD or Antidepressant drugs) may include those on more than one class of drug, or, individuals who were also counted in the next year’s age bracket during a one-year period.
How Electroshock Treatment (ECT) “Works” - CCHR International
WEBECT. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT or “electroshock”) is a psychiatric procedure that is frequently used to treat depression and other mental disorders. Psychiatrists long ago got the idea that having a convulsion could be therapeutic for patients with mental illness.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - CCHR International
WEBFirst formed as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in 1979, it later changed its name to National Alliance on Mental Illness. The group has and continues to rely upon pharmaceutical funding—more than $45 million between 1996 and circa 2008. A U.S. Senate investigation in 2009 revealed that of this Pharma-funding, $23 million ...
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
WEBANCP is an organization of psychiatrists with significant financial support from the manufacturers of psychotropic drugs. The authors included: doctors Jan Fawcett (founder of DBSA), Frederick Goodwin, Karen Wagner (Paxil study 329 above), Neal Ryan (Paxil study 329), David Shaffer (invented “TeenScreen” to identify and label teens as ...
Psychiatric Drugs: School Shootings And Other Acts Of Senseless ...
WEBThe mental health watchdog group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) International created a fully documented 64-page report that details more than 60 examples of school and mass shootings, stabbings, and senseless violent acts committed by those under the influence of psychotropic drugs or experiencing serious withdrawal from them.
UHS: Multiple Child Sexual Abuse Charges and $127m Lawsuit
WEBOctober 27, 2020. Twenty former patients from Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County, Virginia, have filed a lawsuit seeking $127 million in damages over allegations of sexual abuse, physical assaults and battery, attempts to deceive public and state health officials, reckless disregard and violations of the ...
Side Effects of Anti-anxiety Drugs - CCHR International
WEBAnti-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 System (MedWatch), between 2004 and 2012. The FDA estimates that less than 1% of all serious events are ever reported to it, so the actual number of side effects occurring are most certainly higher.
National Association for Research on Schizophrenia And …
WEBNARSAD is, according to its description, “the largest donor-supported organization that supports research on brain and behavior disorders.” Former NIMH director Herbert Pardes has been president of NARSAD’s Scientific Council since its formation in 1986—the same year that NIMH established its Schizophrenia Branch of research.[1] In fact, that incestuous relationship between NARSAD and ...
The Difference Between a Medical and Psychiatric Diagnosis and …
WEBIn 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 systemic review of 17 major studies published over several decades and found no convincing evidence to support the chemical imbalance theory. The scientists concluded that the The general public has ...