Italy’s top court rules part of involuntary psychiatric law unconstitutional; CCHR urges U.S. to adopt legal protections as ...

Despite years of investigations and billion-dollar fines, rampant abuse continues in youth behavioral-psychiatric hospitals. CCHR demands immediate federal and state action.

Forced community-based psychiatric treatment orders need to be banned. Right now, patients who refuse these may face criminal penalties, more forced drugging, or re-institutionalization, raising… ...

Forced community-based psychiatric treatment orders need to be banned. Right now, patients who refuse these may face criminal penalties, more forced drugging, or re-institutionalization, raising… ...

“Involuntary medication, electroshock, even sterilization — these are inhuman practices. Under international law, they constitute torture. There is an urgent need to ban all coercive and ...