Jan Eastgate Press Releases

A mental health watchdog warns that misleading claims from special interests may hinder vital data collection on psychiatric drugs linked to suicide and violence, urging legislators to advance transparent toxicology reporting for public safety.

A watchdog investigation finds prescriptions for teen girls soared 130% as psychiatrists with deep industry ties promoted suicide-linked antidepressants—earning millions while minimizing risks and dismissing warnings

Despite $280 billion annually poured into psychiatric hospitals, forced treatment, and community programs, outcomes are abysmal. Governments must review costs and results before sinking more funds into failed systems.

More than 79 million Americans take psychotropics—millions abuse them, risking overdose—yet the $26 billion psychiatric drug industry's role in the failed war on drugs remains downplayed due to widespread misinformation.

Psychiatrists claim violent tragedies occur because perpetrators miss a mental health evaluation or stop taking drugs. The reality: psychiatric intervention often precedes harm, and psychiatrists cannot predict violent behavior.

U.S. and Europe are expanding coercive psychiatric practices rooted in eugenics, stripping individuals of liberty under vague labels and forced "treatments" condemned as violations and torture by international human rights law.

Invasive mental health screenings risk false psychiatric labels, dangerous drugging, and erosion of parents' constitutional rights, while studies show no improvement in children's mental health outcomes.

Largest international study finds nearly 60% of electroshock recipients were misinformed about serious dangers, echoing CCHR's decades of evidence on violations of informed consent.

A mental health watchdog warns that misleading claims from special interests may hinder vital data collection on psychiatric drugs linked to suicide and violence, urging legislators to advance transparent toxicology reporting for public safety.

A watchdog investigation finds prescriptions for teen girls soared 130% as psychiatrists with deep industry ties promoted suicide-linked antidepressants—earning millions while minimizing risks and dismissing warnings

Despite $280 billion annually poured into psychiatric hospitals, forced treatment, and community programs, outcomes are abysmal. Governments must review costs and results before sinking more funds into failed systems.

More than 79 million Americans take psychotropics—millions abuse them, risking overdose—yet the $26 billion psychiatric drug industry's role in the failed war on drugs remains downplayed due to widespread misinformation.

Psychiatrists claim violent tragedies occur because perpetrators miss a mental health evaluation or stop taking drugs. The reality: psychiatric intervention often precedes harm, and psychiatrists cannot predict violent behavior.

U.S. and Europe are expanding coercive psychiatric practices rooted in eugenics, stripping individuals of liberty under vague labels and forced "treatments" condemned as violations and torture by international human rights law.

Invasive mental health screenings risk false psychiatric labels, dangerous drugging, and erosion of parents' constitutional rights, while studies show no improvement in children's mental health outcomes.

Largest international study finds nearly 60% of electroshock recipients were misinformed about serious dangers, echoing CCHR's decades of evidence on violations of informed consent.

CCHR urges UN action to end coercive psychiatric practices, citing child abuse, restraint deaths, and lack of penalties for offenders.

Coercive mental health treatment endangers lives, drives up costs, and bypasses basic medical screening, watchdog group says.

Forced psychiatric treatment revives failed 1960s policies—causing trauma, violating rights, draining public funds, and enriching a system rooted in coercion, not care.

Watchdog organization's actions cited by governments, UN bodies, and health officials as critical in exposing and ending psychiatric coercive practices and abuse.

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.

CCHR demands a ban on nursing home chemical restraints and full accountability for prescribers and facilities

Despite decades of investigations, fines, and federal mandates, abuse continues in psychiatric and behavioral institutions for youth. CCHR calls for immediate government action—not another three-year study—before more children are harmed.

Watchdog group urges sweeping reforms after HHS exposes mass drugging, industry ties, and diagnostic inflation behind youth psychiatric drug prescriptions.

Parents deserve the truth as leading scientists now admit families were misled into believing their children had a neurobiological disorder that required powerful stimulant prescriptions.

CCHR testifies before hearing of Maryland law seeking to end potentially lethal restraint methods used in youth transports to psychiatric treatment facilities.

Expert declares mental health and psychiatry are in a tailspin. CCHR warns of psychiatric treatment risks, rising drug deaths, and poor psychiatric hospital outcomes requiring close scrutiny.