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Official CCHR International— Non-profit Mental Health Industry Watchdog that has helped enact 190 laws protecting patients from abuse.
The 2004 FDA "Black Box" Warnings on SSRI Antidepressants—A Brief, Vital History of Stonewalling *In a 1991 FDA hearing before the FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, dozens of victims spoke out about becoming suicidal only after being prescribed an SSRI…
Heated debate dropping on Thursday. For over 2 hours a Columbia University Professor of Psychiatry defended his profession. "The data is clear," he declared. Again. And again. And again. It became his magical incantation, his intellectual get-out-of-jail-free card, his way of…
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"If you want to increase suffering, you fundamentally get people to battle their own internal experiences. You learn not to trust your emotions, you judge them as symptoms." We are facing an epidemic of iatrogenic harm. Manufacturing a disease to sell more drugs. There are better…
Thank you, this is long overdue cchrint.org/psychiatric-dr…
Approximately 5% of pregnant women take an SSRI for depression. But SSRI use during pregnancy has been linked in observational studies to birth defects, miscarriages, and neurological and behavioral challenges in childhood. On Monday, July 21 at 10 a.m. ET, we’ll be hosting an…
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I want to commend Commissioner Makary for his willingness to let independent experts speak their minds. Not the usual suspects who accept pharmaceutical dollars for a living or benefit directly from prescribing these drugs. For once, we'll have voices that aren't bought and paid…
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''There's no such thing as a psychiatric diagnosis''. What a fascinating conversation we had with Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, @stimimi! Tune into 'I'm ADHD! No You're Not' tomorrow, to hear more from this brilliant human being! 🎙️ podfollow.com/imadhdnoyouren…
'Psychiatrists have been accused of downplaying the risks of antidepressant withdrawal in a new study' thecanary.co/global/world-a…
SSRIs don’t “treat” depression. They hijack your brain. Sure, you might not feel sad anymore—but you might not feel anything AT ALL. Up to 60% of SSRI users describe their lives as colorless or even “zombie-like.” The worst part? Many former SSRI users say that their…
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The percentage of people who would have chosen to take an SSRI if provided full informed consent? Meaning they knew the risks, alternatives and how poorly the drug actually performs on the promises of its name (antidepressant). Maybe .005 ? Personally never met anyone who would…
Psychedelics for Vets? CCHR Cites History of Exploitation and Failed Science— *A 2023 PLOS One study found one-third of users experienced severe psychiatric symptoms, even in guided settings. *About 40% of participants in a psilocybin study reported moderate to severe anxiety or…
Protecting the False Narrative About Antidepressants "No reliable research has ever shown the existence of any chemical imbalance causing depression" madinamerica.com/2025/07/protec…
Deaths Spur Closures, but Troubled Teen Camps Must Be Banned, CCHR Warns cchrint.org/2025/07/03/dea…
This is what the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry said about electroshocking children. "In alignment with its commitment to advancing access to evidence-based care for youth, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: *Recommends that all…
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry recently issued a policy statement urging broader access to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for children and adolescents, including more funding and more research on giving kids ECT cchrint.org/2025/06/27/des…
ECT: The only mode of “regulation” for the use of electroshock in the United States is the FDA, which regulates the device. The FDA has never required any clinical trials proving safety or efficacy of the treatment. cchrint.org/10-facts-about…
Ban Coercive Psychiatry— Global health and human rights agencies, including the United Nations and World Health Organization, report that coercion and human rights abuses remain entrenched in mental health systems worldwide. Coercive psychiatric practices include involuntary…
Involuntary commitment is a dark side of mental health care that too few are talking about. I spoke with investigative journalist Rob Wipond about his book Your Consent Is Not Required. Here’s what we uncovered…
"I think PSSD should be something that everyone should have on their radars. It should be something that's at least talked about by your doctor." @NoahRyanCo, the founder of Health HQ, talks about PSSD and the current lack of informed consent in a conversation with @DrMcFillin.
When are people going to wake up to the extremely harmful and counterproductive nature of psych drugs?
Antipsychotics Do Not Provide a Clinically Meaningful Benefit Over the Short-Term: A Review of the Evidence An MIA Report by Robert Whitaker 70 years of RCTs fail to provide evidence that antipsychotics have benefit for treating acute psychotic episodes. buff.ly/u8NULgM
“Patients these days are not suffering from ‘biologic illnesses.’ What I generally see is patients suffering from current or past violence, traumatic loss, loss of power or control over their lives and the effects of cultural fragmentation, isolation and impoverishment that are…
The Truth About Modern Day Electroshock--Psychiatrists claim that ECT is a “treatment” for certain mental disorders and that it is “effective” for “treatment-resistant depression” (where a cocktail of dangerous drugs have not only failed to help, they have worsened individuals).…