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.
On its 50th anniversary, Citizens Commission on Human Rights rewards outstanding achievements, reviews its record of accomplishments, and recommits to the complete elimination of psychiatric abuse.
Reverend Fred Shaw joined forces with the NAACP to pass resolutions designed to protect African-Americans against psychiatric abuse and electroconvulsive therapy.
CCHR UK claims Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress is foisting off junk science on the general public, putting UK children at grave risk.
A CCHR traveling exhibit that opened in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside ushers in a crusade to save Canada’s First Nations from the rampage of psychiatric abuse.
CCHR makes their voice heard against electroconvulsive therapy, a psychiatric “treatment” that has never produced evidence of being safe or effective. Today it is being used on children aged five and younger in the name of “help,” and CCHR says, “Stop this abuse!”
An outdated Mental Health Act in India receives a long-overdue overhaul, ensuring ECT is not performed on minors and ending other abusive psychiatric practices.
To protect future generations from falling into the same trap, CCHR chapters held events on International Holocaust Remembrance Day to expose the true source of many Holocaust atrocities.