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MENTAL HEALTH

Family Members of Electroshock Survivors Speak Out About Devastating Brain Damage in New Study

Relatives and friends across 22 countries describe memory loss, cognitive decline, disability and death following electroshock “treatment,” with many saying their loved ones’ lives were permanently destroyed.

MENTAL HEALTH

HHS Launches Campaign to Help Americans Get Off Psychiatric Drugs

Kennedy’s announcement marks a federal shift toward reducing psychiatric drug dependence and reimbursing clinicians for the time required to guide patients through withdrawal.

MENTAL HEALTH

Video Evidence Leads to Child Abuse Charge Against Florida Therapist

Footage shows a therapist striking a nonverbal autistic boy with a shoe, racket and other objects—an incident that has reignited scrutiny of abuse risks within behavioral and mental health systems.  

MENTAL HEALTH

Utah Could Be the Next State to Ban Electroshock for Minors

FDA still allows ECT for children as young as 13 despite mounting evidence of harm and global calls to outlaw the practice.

MENTAL HEALTH

Major Study Finds 0 of 22 New Psychiatric Drugs Were Clinically Helpful

The peer‑reviewed analysis reveals that psychotropics have failed to produce benefit for patients even as their use has surged and serious risks accumulate, prompting calls for regulatory overhaul.

MENTAL HEALTH

Involuntary ECT on the Rise in Connecticut as Patient Alleges Forced Electroshock Destroyed His Life

Despite UN calls for bans on involuntary electroshock, new applications for forced ECT at two Connecticut hospitals soared 650 percent in four years—highlighting alarming gaps in consent and patient protections.

MENTAL HEALTH

Massachusetts Father Files Lawsuit Alleging Psychiatric Drugs Caused Mother to Kill Their Kids

The suit claims a psychiatrist and nurses prescribed Lindsay Clancy a cocktail of antidepressants and sedatives, culminating in the deaths of her children and her leap from a second-story window.

MENTAL HEALTH

Nearly Half of Psychiatric Patients Report Sexual Violence in “Treatment” Facilities

A new watchdog white paper highlights that up to 45 percent of psychiatric inpatients report sexual assault amid widespread deaths, restraints and forced drugging in profit‑driven mental health facilities.

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental Health Watchdog Demands Action as Sexual Dysfunction Complaints on Antidepressants Grow

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights says FDA approval of antidepressants ignores decades of documented, permanent harms and calls for a full independent investigation into PSSD.

MENTAL HEALTH

Half a Century Later, Victims of Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital Receive Government Compensation

New Zealand’s Lake Alice survivors will finally receive financial redress after enduring beatings, electroshock, chemical restraints and abuse in state care.