CCHR Supports 22-Year-Old’s Plea to Stop Enforced Electroshock Treatment

A young Minnesota adult is fighting against court-ordered brain-damaging electroshock treatment being forced on him. CCHR cites UN reports that say involuntary ECT constitutes torture. The practice should be prohibited by all mental health laws, the group says Mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International is supporting other concerned groups and individuals speaking … Read more

US Should Mirror NZ Child Shock Treatment Inquiry to Ban “Therapy”

NZ Government is currently investigating allegations of hundreds of children being tortured with electroshock, an inquiry that mental health watchdog says is needed in the U.S., with exposure that 0- to 5-year-olds are being electroshocked. A New Zealand government inquiry into the electroshock abuse of hundreds of children has prompted the mental health watchdog Citizens … Read more