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HUMAN RIGHTS
Italy’s Constitutional Court Ends Unlawful Forced Psychiatric Detention
In a major human rights victory, Italy bans involuntary psychiatric detention without due process. The ruling challenges coercive mental health practices worldwide.
MENTAL HEALTH
Involuntary Commitment in NC Called “Abusive and Dehumanizing” in New Rights Report
Disability Rights NC urges an end to coercive psychiatric detentions after exposing widespread misuse in North Carolina.
MENTAL HEALTH
ECT Leads to Cardiac Deaths According to New Study
Psychiatry still uses dangerous electroconvulsive “therapy” despite the risks and often without informed consent. Even worse, guidelines do not require cardiac consultations before shocking patients.
MENTAL HEALTH
Harold Sackeim’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Dangerous Industry of Electroshock
A web of connections between Sackeim, manufacturers and a government official creates a profit center out of the human misery of electroshock.
MENTAL HEALTH
American Psychiatric Association Ignores Guidance to End Coercion and Abuse
Citizens Commission on Human Rights denounced APA executives for failing to address the World Health Organization and UN Human Rights Council reports that have demanded institutional psychiatry abandon coercive practices.
