State Hospital Salem OregonOregon Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Calls for deeper dive into Oregon State Hospital's Involvement in death of Skye Baskin. Oregon’s mental health system may be responsible for a 27-year-old man’s death last … Read Full Article
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New Law Will Protect Oregon’s Foster Children
Oregon governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 2333. It directs the Department of Human Services (DHS) to report information regarding the prescription of psychotropic medications to children in foster care. The bill, introduced at the request of … Read Full Article
How to Sell Fairy Tales as Science
What do Munchkin Land and the DSM-5 have in common? A lot, as you will see. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is the American Psychiatric Association’s latest attempt to legitimize itself. At first glance it is most … Read Full Article
Robin Williams – Another Comedy of Errors
When he committed suicide on August 11, 2014 comedy icon Robin Williams joined a long list of artists who suffered tragically at the hands of psychiatrists. On the surface, Williams’ death seemed straightforward. According to USA Today’s website, the Marin … Read Full Article
Drugging our Children: Side Effects
20 million children are taking psychiatric drugs, and parents, legislators and the general public are not being given the documented risks from international drug regulatory agencies and medical journals. CCHR has created a one of a kind psychiatric drug … Read Full Article