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

CCHR's public awareness blog provides facts and warnings about electroconvulsive therapy and the need to ban it

CCHR urges need to ban coercive treatment and electroshock

CCHR investigation also finds potential dangerous billing for ECT

CCHR wants electroconvulsive therapy training colleges and practitioners stopped from causing further damage

Watchdog finds electroshock causes brain damage, memory loss, death and 'mental euthanasia'

CCHR is investigating children born with antidepressant damage being given further brain-damaging electroshock

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.