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CCHR's Mission Statement

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-profit public benefit organization that investigates and exposes psychiatric violations of human rights. It works shoulder-to-shoulder with like-minded groups and individuals who share a common purpose to clean up the field of mental health. It shall continue to do so until abusive and coercive practices committed under the guise of mental health are eradicated and human rights and dignity are returned to all. CCHR's Board of Advisors, called Commissioners, include doctors, scientists, psychologists, lawyers, legislators, educators, business professionals, celebrities and civil and human rights representatives. CCHR was co-founded in 1969 by Professor Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, and the Church of Scientology, dedicated solely to eradicate mental health abuse.

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Current Campaigns

THE MOTHERS ACT: A VIOLATION OF INFORMED CONSENT

The Melanie Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act, also known as the Mothers Act, is a federal bill named after Melanie Stokes, a woman who suffered emotional difficulties after giving birth and was subsequently prescribed a cocktail of intensely controversial psychiatric drugs including anti-psychotic, anti-anxiety, and anti-depressant drugs… Read more.

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Psychiatry and Pharma: The Unholy Alliance

A new video exposing the extensive conflicts of interest between the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the pharmaceutical industry was released today on a newly launched website… Read more.

American Psychiatric Association (APA) Under Fire Again For Pharma Ties

Watchdog Releases More Damning Evidence Against APA With Undercover Footage from Psychiatrists’ Offices
Documents obtained by U.S. News and World Report confirm that the American Psychiatric Association failed to fully disclose the substantial pharmaceutical ties of its task force members, charged with...

CCHR Reports / White Papers

Mental Health Care: What is the Alternative to Psychotropic Drugs? White Paper

Alternative ways of helping those suffering from mental disturbance are buried by the marketing hype that “mental illness” is the result of some neurobiological dysfunction or chemical imbalance that can only be corrected with psychotropic drugs. There is no scientific merit to these claims but they support drug sales of more than $27 billion a year in the United States and $80 billion worldwide… Download PDF »

When Prescribing Psychotropic Drugs Becomes Criminal Negligence: Cases and Convictions

On January 22, 2008, acclaimed Australian actor, Heath Ledger, died from an accidental overdose of six types of prescribed painkillers and sedatives. Ellen Borakove, spokesperson for the New York Medical Examiner's office, said the cause of death was... Download Whitepaper PDF »

Mental Health Parity

While some patient advocacy groups, heavily funded by drug interests, and the mental health lobby purport that mental illness is like a physical disease such as diabetes, cancer, or epilepsy, scientific evidence simply doesn't substantiate this. On the contrary, there is no parity in the diagnosis of mental health problems compared to real physical conditions that can be accurately tested for and diagnosed. Psychiatrists admit they cannot distinguish between a mental disorder and no mental disorder… Download Whitepaper PDF »

International Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs

International Studies and Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs since 2004... Read Full Report »