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CCHR Leads Protest About Child Restraint Deaths and $329B Mental Health Failure
- In May 2025, a demonstration led by CCHR took place outside the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Los Angeles, drawing attention to fatalities of children caused by physical restraints and shortcomings within the mental health care system.
- The protest emerged amid concerns that, despite $329 billion federal investment in 2022, national mental health outcomes remain poor with record-high suicides and deaths linked to coercive psychiatric practices.
- Speakers cited cases including the deaths of children like Max Benson and African American foster youths following restraint, widespread use of forced drugging and seclusion, and disproportionate impacts on Black patients.
- Jan Eastgate, president of CCHR International, described the expenditures as a $329 billion disaster rooted in sanctioned mistreatment, while civil rights attorney Joseph Cecala highlighted the national security concerns associated with psychiatric drug use and called for a ban on non-consensual psychiatric interventions.
- The demonstration and related advocacy emphasize that without prohibiting coercive psychiatric interventions, vulnerable groups, especially children, will continue to suffer systemic abuses and preventable deaths.
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CCHR Leads Protest About Child Restraint Deaths and $329B Mental Health Failure - Send2Press Newswire
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 20, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As the American Psychiatric Association (APA) holds its annual meeting in Los Angeles, a diverse coalition of human rights advocates, civil rights leaders, clergy, medical professionals, and attorneys gathered outside the convention center, calling for an urgent end to coercive psychiatric practices. Led by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), the demonstration hi…
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