CCHR is launching a campaign to help protect the elderly from abuse under the mental health law in Florida. It begins with a workshop titled Advanced Mental Health Directives on Sunday, August 21, at the group's center in downtown Clearwater.
Read Press ReleaseRegional conference of Italian chapters of psychiatric watchdog group Citizens Commission on Human Rights meets at the Church of Scientology of Milan. Members learn how to deal with victims of involuntary commitment.
Read Press ReleaseAward-winning and Amazon bestselling author, Whitney Dineen, is baffled by the backlash from her new novel, Mimi Plus Two. Fans are outraged that her heroine suffers from postpartum depression (PPD) and they claim it ruined the book. Dineen, a two-time sufferer of PPD is shocked by the lack of support and compassion for this very real nightmare so many women experience. She states, "One would think in 2016, this issue would not still be such a taboo."
Read Press ReleaseOn the heels of Friday's news about Georgia psychiatrist Narendra Nagareddy and the death of his patients, Citizens Commission on Human Rights opens the Psychiatry An Industry of Death touring exhibit in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. The exhibit documents the pseudoscience and sordid history of psychiatry, showing that the crimes of Dr. Death, as Nagareddy is now being called, are not so unusual in the psychiatric industry.
Read Press ReleaseAt the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association in Atlanta, Georgia, diverse organizations including the Nation of Islam, NAACP, Black Lives Matter, 10,000 Fearless Men and Concerned Black Clergy joined CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) in a demonstration to demand the ban of shock treatment on children.
Citizens Commission on Human Rights St. Petersburg in Russia continues campaign to educate students, educators and medical professionals on the harmful effects of psychiatric drugs with a private screening of the documentary Dead Wrong: How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child.
International mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights, established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and eminent psychiatrist, Prof. Thomas Szasz, warns parents to be alert to their teen-aged children being illicitly sold the stimulant Adderall in light of recent statements by neurologist, Don Gervais, that abuse can "lead to progressive and early drug induced Parkinsonism," and that the effects on the brain are similar to taking meth.
Read Press ReleaseA new video published February 20 tells the story of New Mexico State Representative Nora Espinoza, whose landmark legislation protects children from being forced to take dangerous psychiatric medication.
Read Press ReleaseIn keeping with the U.N. mandate to develop educational programs to prevent future genocides, Scientology Churches in partnership with Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) chapters shown the harsh light on psychiatric roots of the Holocaust.
Read Press ReleaseAndrew H. Mebane, MD has been appointed chief medical officer and member of the executive management team at Southwest Network, a nonprofit behavioral health provider in Phoenix, Arizona. Mebane will oversee medical services for two divisions—child and adolescent services and adult services—and guide Southwest Network as it continues to expand into integrated health. Southwest Network operates seven adult outpatient clinics and three regional offices for child and adolescent services.
Read Press ReleaseNew study just published from the River Centre Clinic, a specialized eating disorder treatment program, shows that research evidence is rarely followed in prescribing psychotropic drugs to anorexia nervosa patients.
Read Press ReleaseCo-Founder and CEO Adrian Cunanan announced today that ThriveStreams Inc. was selected to participate in Blueprint Health's Winter 2016 program. Blueprint Health is a New York City-based mentorship-driven startup accelerator program supporting entrepreneurs building companies at the intersection of health and technology. ThriveStreams has developed a remote patient monitoring platform for mental health called ThriveSync.
Dr. Joan Borysenko and Dr. John Gray to deliver keynote addresses at this biannual event for clinicians, academics, and laypersons interested in the science and practice of somatic psychology, the mind-body connection, and body-oriented psychotherapy.
Read Press ReleaseCitizens Commission on Human Rights, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health briefed Floridians on their rights under the Baker Act in honor of International Holocaust Remembran
Read Press ReleaseIn Fighting for Freedom in America, released by Outskirts Press, psychotherapist and author Clyde Dee writes about his own descent into Madness while working as a mental health counselor fifteen years ago.
Read Press ReleaseAt a time when mental health is under deep scrutiny, Dr. Robert Gallon challenges the widely held notion that mental disorders are medical diseases in his new book Nine Dimensions of Madness by proposing: 1) An alternative system of viewing mental problems as varying dimensions of dysfunction; 2) The origin of these problems are a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors; 3) The current concept of mental illness facilitates a disguised form of social control.
Read Press ReleasePortrait Health Centers has opened its newest location in Gurnee, Illinois. Located at 1790 Nations Drive, Suite 214, Gurnee, IL 60031, the counseling and nutrition health center specializes in diagnosing and treating depression, anxiety, attention deficit disorders, learning differences, eating disorders and nutritional needs.
Read Press ReleaseDr. Mike, a Board certified Family practice physician and Dr. Jenn, a licensed clinical psychologist, have founded a revolutionary medical center in Woodland Hills, California - Willow Healing Center. Finally, patients are at the center of the medical experience. At our center there are no deductibles, no copays, 24/7/365 care, unhurried appointments, and much more, all starting at $5/day
Read Press ReleaseDr. Gloria Payne is a master-level certified Rapid Resolution Therapist and the founder of The Meridian Counseling and Wellness Center, where she offers traditional cognitive behavioral therapy as well as innovative, state of the art holistic methods of healing.
Read Press ReleaseThe Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy will keynote BrainFutures 2015 on November 4, 2015, in Annapolis, Maryland. The former Congressman will join nearly 500 advocates, consumers of mental health services, family members and treatment providers to explore new frontiers in brain health and strategies for making the latest advancements in mental health care accessible.
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