Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International Hundreds remain traumatized by electro-skin shocks, as the FDA delays banning a device described by the United Nations and patients as torture. The inaction highlights the broader failure to also ban electroshock (ECT) devices. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has passed its deadline to ban the electrical stimulation device (ESD), commonly known as the … Read more
Exposed: Forced Electroshock on Minors, Misleading Claims That 460 Volts Through the Brain Is Safer Than Childbirth or a Dentist Visit; Concerns Extend to Psychiatric Drugs Linked to 720 Deaths in Acts of Senseless Violence Citizens Commission on Human Rights International and its Bay Area chapters protested outside the American Psychiatric Association’s annual convention at … Read more
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. CCHR International strongly rejects a recent joint statement issued on March 31, 2026, by the World, European, and American … Read more
A national coalition of health and human rights advocates, attorneys, and ECT survivors unite to expose the FDA’s flawed ECT rule and call for federal action to stop a device they argue inflicts brain damage and violates international human-rights standards. The newly formed Stop ECT Coalition, comprising a consortium of health and human rights organizations … Read more
CCHR says giving electroshock to minors causes brain damage and violates global human rights standards, urging U.S. states to prohibit the practice under child abuse laws. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) recently issued a policy statement urging broader access to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for children and adolescents—even those younger than 13—despite … Read more
The mental health watchdog says the VA and DoD waste billions of dollars on treatments that contribute to high suicide rates, sudden deaths and brain damage in veterans, and are investing in psychedelics that further harm On Veteran’s Day, November 11, CCHR International honors veterans and calls for an end to subjecting them to cocktails … Read more
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. A new study has determined that as many as 1 in 15 people who receive electroshock treatment face life-threatening heart … Read more
Mental health industry watchdog, CCHR, calls for increased legal action to protect vulnerable youth from abuses in psychiatric facilities. Citizens Commission on Human Rights International welcomes the increasing numbers of attorneys representing survivors of the troubled teen treatment industry, seeking justice for the abuse many have suffered in behavioral hospitals. On August 27, three Alabama … Read more
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. CCHR International, which was among the groups that first helped get electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) banned on minors in California nearly 50 years ago, hails the current decline in psychiatric use … Read more
CCHR says thousands of Americans have been misled that electroshock treatment and its devices are FDA-approved, reinforcing group’s demand to ban ECT entirely. Electroshock treatment, also known as electroconvulsive therapy or ECT, is documented to cause debilitating and severe side effects, yet according to Mental Health America, it is given to 100,000 Americans, including children, … Read more