NEWS

| MADRID, SPAIN |

CCHR Calls for Immediate Ban on Electroshock Treatment Across Europe

CCHR groups from across Europe protested in Madrid during the 33rd European Congress of Psychiatry, demanding an end to coercive psychiatric practices.

| LISBON, PORTUGAL |
CCHR protesters were right on the doorstep of the annual World Psychiatric Association congress, protesting abuses in the field of mental health and demanding reform.
| CALIFORNIA, USA |
Two crusaders for child and parental rights work tirelessly to change Chilean law and protect children from forced psychiatric treatment as a prerequisite to attend school.
| INTERNATIONAL |
CCHR speaks out loudly for nationwide ban on electroshock treatment at the American Psychiatric Association Convention.
| INTERNATIONAL |
Exhibit in the state capitol shines the light of truth on harmful psychiatric practices.
| FLORIDA, USA |
A Miami psychiatrist, Fernando Mendez-Villamil, flooded Miami’s streets with antipsychotic drugs as part of a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. He was sentenced in 2016 to 12 years in prison and a full $50 million in restitution for his medical fraud and overmedicating his patients.
| CALIFORNIA, USA |
CCHR celebrated its 50th anniversary in style, looking back over a history of protecting human rights and recognizing its partners in arms with its Human Rights Award.
| MICHIGAN, USA |
What started out as a single case of Child Protective Services illegally ripping a child from a mother becomes a passionate parental rights crusade for a criminal defense attorney.
| FLORIDA, USA |
CCHR Florida teamed up with local attorneys to hold the first-ever Baker Act Defense Attorney Symposium and Summit to tackle the involuntary commitment issues in the state.
| JAPAN |
CCHR Japan holds exhibits and seminars for Japan’s Members of Parliament to oppose the number of children on psychotropics.
| MEXICO |
CCHR brings Psychiatry: An Industry of Death exhibit to educate Mexican citizens.
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