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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
'Voices for Humanity' Joins Fred Shaw in Fight for Human Rights
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'Voices for Humanity' Joins Fred Shaw in Fight for Human Rights

 Helping to raise broad public awareness and pass legislation to prevent psychiatric abuse 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
Skin Burns and Fire Risks From Electroshock Treatment Device, Report Warns
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Skin Burns and Fire Risks From Electroshock Treatment Device, Report Warns

 CCHR investigation also finds potential dangerous billing for ECT 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 Provides Nursing Students With Vital Information
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CCHR Provides Nursing Students With Vital Information

 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Nashville set up a booth at the National Student Nurses Association Convention to brief nursing students and encourage them to report human rights abuses in the field of mental health. Read More
Pregnant Women Taking Antidepressants Encouraged to Report Autism Effects in Infants to Mental Health Watchdog
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Pregnant Women Taking Antidepressants Encouraged to Report Autism Effects in Infants to Mental Health Watchdog

 CCHR is investigating children born with antidepressant damage being given further brain-damaging electroshock 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
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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
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Group Calls ECT Barbaric And A Gross Violation Of Human Rights

 Electro shock now used in all psychiatric hospitals in BC and general hospitals with a psychiatric ward. Read More