Billions fund psychiatric drugs and brain interventions for veterans—yet suicides, overdoses, and violence rise. Experts call ...

“If society is serious about addressing violence, we must look beyond the false psychiatric narrative and confront all contributing factors—including psychiatric evaluation, hospitalization and ...

“Involuntary psychiatric commitment today is not a form of care—it is the continuation of eugenics under new terminology... America and Europe have a chance to reject this failed model and instead ...

“Electroshock, psychosurgery, forced drugging, seclusion, and restraint are not care—they are state-sanctioned abuse and must end. Upholding autonomy, dignity, and liberty is non-negotiable.” – Jan ...

“Involuntary psychiatric commitment of the homeless is not a compassionate solution—it’s a costly, coercive, and dangerous policy built on a system that has failed for decades. It compounds trauma, ...

“There is an urgent need to ban all coercive and non-consensual measures in psychiatric settings.” – Amalia Gamio, advocate for disability rights in Mexico and vice chair, UN Committee on the Rights ...

“HB 497 represents a crucial step in ending abusive transport practices and providing legal recourse for victims. With growing bipartisan concern over the treatment of youth in behavioral health ...

With government waste raising economic concerns for the country, it is time to demand accountability for the $40 billion allocated to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH). The agency has ...

“The New York Times report reinforces the urgent need for bold intervention, including harsher penalties for abusive hospitals, revoking their licenses to involuntarily commit, shutting down ...

CCHR International, which was among the groups that first helped get electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) banned on minors in California nearly 50 years ago, hails the current decline in psychiatric use of ...

“The report is one of the most monumental ever in recognizing and condemning psychiatric abuses. It is a significant vindication for all those who revealed the truth about the abuses, and reflects the ...

“The findings are simply horrific. And the report shows a terrible pattern of mistreatment and abuse happening to kids — at facilities which now receive billions of dollars in federal funds.