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

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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.

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At the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association in Atlanta, Georgia, diverse organizations including the Nation of Islam, NAACP, Black Lives Matter, 10,000 Fearless Men and Concerned Black Clergy joined CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) in a demonstration to demand the ban of shock treatment on children.

Mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights will be protesting the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in Atlanta, Georgia on May 14th to oppose their recent push to reclassify electroshock devices to include its use on children. CCHR was established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz as a non-religious, non-political mental health watchdog.

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.