Mission Statement
"To eradicate psychiatric abuse and brutality in the field of mental health, bringing about safety and security for those suffering any degree of mental problems."
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has been the foundation of all human rights legislation since that time and is at the heart of CCHR's work.
When CCHR was formed in 1969, public accountabily and external review of psychiatry's abusive practices were non-existent. Damaging treatment could be given to patients without their consent and often without their knowledge. Through 'easy seizure' involuntary commitment laws, people could literally be grabbed off the street and locked away, enabling psychiatrists to operate as a law unto themselves.
If the concept of full informed consent were a reality in the field of mental healing the psychiatric profession would likely be a humane or forgotten ideology. Already the pharmaceutical industry is being brought to account for its marketing practices and its lies about the risks of psychotropic drugs. As more and more information is revealed through all the media channels that exist in this contemporary society, full informed consent can and is becoming a reality with the ultimate reform of an industry built on falsehoods.
CCHR's work to expose the falsehoods has seen it become a powerful voice in the vanguard of mental health reform.
