CCHR
CCHR - the Citizens Commission on Human Rights - is an anti-psychiatry Scientology front group.
CCHR publications villify psychiatrists, calling them "doctors of death"; their publication The Men Behind Hitler claims "Hitler's philosophy and his concept of man in general was shaped to a decisive degree by psychiatry".
While CCHR publicly claims to be working to stop psychiatric abuses, it reflects the Scientology teaching that all psychiatric treatment is abusive. CCHR lobbies against medical psychiatric treatment, including specific medications and treatment options, and opposes mental health parity bills.
What Is Scientology? devotes 18 pages to CCHR.
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Scientologist Lisa McPherson receives commendations for her Scientology ethics file for supporting CCHR: March 1993 CCHR Commendation, May 1993 CCHR Commendation (celebrating the passage of "comprehensive anti-Psych legislation" in Texas), and a similar May 1993 CCHR Commendation
CCHR Attacks Health Professionals at psychassault.org
Date | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2001 | (article On CCHR And Novartis) | San Diego Union Tribune: (article On CCHR And Novartis) | |
| October 10, 2001 | Citizens Commission on Human Rights Reports Stigmatizing 'ADHD' And Stimulant Drugs Ousts Recruits From Armed Services | PRNewswire (press release): Citizens Commission on Human Rights Reports Stigmatizing 'ADHD' And Stimulant Drugs Ousts Recruits From Armed Services | |
| April 14, 2005 | Scientology Group Behind Attack On Mental Health Medicine | CCHR is supporting two bills being considered by the Florida House that seek to further roll back the clock on the recognition and treatment of mental illnesses. In House Bills 209 and 909, unnecessary and unproductive requirements are placed on schools and the departments of Children & Families and Juvenile Justice that will make the identification and referral of children with mental illnesses more difficult. | |
| April 16, 2005 | This Bill Isn't Mentally Healthy | Sen. Victor Crist has introduced one of the worst bills of the session. It would keep students from getting psychiatric treatment even when they need it. The bill is backed by an arm of the Church of Scientology called the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, and Scientologists have never been shy about their opposition to psychiatry or any mental health services. |