Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.
CCHR Co-founder, Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
News & Events
Standing-Room-Only Crowd Marks Opening of Citizens Commission on Human Rights’ “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” Exhibit in Portland
“One must know the history in order to confront the present and change the future of abuse in the mental health system.” https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/536730/standing-room-only-crowd-marks-opening-of-citizens-commission-on-human-rights-psychiatry-an-industry-of-death-exhibit-in-portland
RESTORING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
TO THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH 6 PM – 8 PM JULY 9 9 AM – 8 PM JULY 10-14 DAILY VANCOUVER AVE. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 3138 N. VANCOUVER AVE. PORTLAND, OR 97227 EXHIBIT RUNS 9 JULY TO 14 JULY 6 PM – 8 PM JULY 9 9 AM – 8 PM JULY 10-14 FREE […]
Psychiatric Hospital Whistleblowers Sue After Patient Dies in Seclusion
Original Article: https://www.freedommag.org/news/psychiatric-hospital-whistleblowers-sue-after-patient-dies-in-seclusion-6d0995 A confidential report described a “culture of complacency” at Oregon’s only public psychiatric hospital. Federal investigators cited leadership failures and an ineffective emergency response in the death of Kenneth Hass. Sometimes, unexpected heroes emerge—people who put their careers, reputations and families on the line to tell the truth others want buried. Whistleblowers […]
Human Rights Group Calls For Oregon State Hospital -Salem To Come Clean on Abuses and Negligence in Skye Baskin Death
State Hospital Salem Oregon Oregon 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 March. Skye Edward Baskin, a Black man who was, according to family members, likely homeless, had been […]
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 Brittany Ruiz of Oregon Foster Families First, seeks to correct a long-standing problem of neglect and […]