Electroshock Press Releases

With FOIA data showing children as young as five subjected to electroshock in the U.S., CCHR International condemns calls to override WHO guidance labeling child and non-consensual shock treatment as torture and demands a legislative ban.

A national coalition of health and human rights organizations, attorneys, medical experts, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) survivors says the U.S.

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an award-winning nonprofit in the area of mental health human rights and an industry watchdog, hosts regular events educating Floridians on everything from their rights under the...

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) held a two-day exhibit in the Oviedo Mall that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.

CCHR says electroshocking minors—including 5-year-olds—causes brain damage and violates global human rights standards, urging U.S. states to prohibit the practice under child abuse laws.

After a public records request revealed that children in the under 5 age group are given electroshock, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights is calling for a ban its use citing a lack of lack of clinical studies on safety and effectiveness.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) held a four-day exhibit in the Orlando area that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.

A new study reveals widespread misinformation about electroshock therapy among patients. CCHR says parents are similarly misled about ECT use on teens and children as young as five.

The Mental Health Watchdog calls for reforms to protect public safety, citing decades of antidepressant, electroshock, and psychedelic drug risks.

The mental health industry watchdog, CCHR, says informed consent is breached every time patients are not warned of the brain damage, long-term memory loss, and cardiac risks, including death, associated with electroshock, per the study.

Mental health industry watchdog, CCHR, calls for increased legal action to protect vulnerable youth from abuses in psychiatric facilities.

Encouraged by its decline, CCHR, a patients' rights watchdog, launches a series exposing the downfall of electroshock treatment and its long-term dangers, including brain injury.

Mental health industry watchdog CCHR exposes new electroshock methods used in the $20 billion "ADHD" market—calls for a ban on all invasive electrical treatments

As the House Appropriations Committee eliminates a loophole that would have allowed punitive electric shocks for behavior control, CCHR calls for a complete ban on all electroshock devices.