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What Should Someone do if they know of a psychiatric abuse?

These web pages graphically illustrate how psychiatrists ruin millions of lives each year through their barbaric psychosurgery, electric shock, violence-inducing drugs, sexual abuse, involuntary detainment and other damaging practices.

If your rights or the rights of someone you know have been violated by psychiatry, immediate action must be taken. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) stands ready to assist you. We do not give medical or legal advice but we can help you in how and where to file a complaint against psychiatric abuse.

To go about reporting psychiatric abuses:

  • Fill out our Psychiatric Abuse Summary Information Form today. Use our online form or contact us and we will send you a form to fill out. CCHR International’s address is: 6616 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, (800) 869-2247 or (323) 467-4242. Or see the CCHR National Offices Directory for your nearest national office.

  • If you know of or suspect psychiatric abuse, immediately call CCHR’s Psychiatric Crime Hotline. In the US, call 1-800-869-CCHR or (323) 467-4242.

  • If you know or suspect criminal abuse, the matter should also be reported to the local law enforcement agency or in the case of health insurance or billing fraud, to a health insurance fraud unit or justice department.

  • Once criminal complaints have been filed, complaints should also be filed with the state regulatory bodies, such as a state medical board, which can investigate psychiatric “malpractice,” as it is euphemistically called. Such bodies can revoke a psychiatrist’s license to practice.

  • Recourse may also be obtained under civil law, which permits recovery of damages for losses suffered at the hands of psychiatrists and psychologists. Many attorneys provide consultations free of charge or may be able to make their fees contingent on winning the case. In some countries, the attorney can seek financial aid through Government Legal Aid bodies.

  • If you want to book a CCHR speaker, meet with CCHR’s Presidents, or just want more information, contact us.

Remember, just as a true solution for the drug addict is to remove the drug from his life, so it is with psychiatry. So help remove its abusive practices from our society. Only then can we truly start to bring about a saner, safer future.

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