The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) opened its traveling exhibit in downtown St. Paul on Monday, drawing an excited crowd to the Nova Event Hall on St Peter St. The exhibit, titled "Psychiatry an Industry of Death," features 14 graphic panels and 13 short documentaries that expose the history and current abuses within the mental health field.
At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, guest speakers detailed the abuses that occur in mental hospitals under civil commitments. Patients are often held against their will, drugged without informed consent, and subjected to other violations of their human rights. Dr. Patrice Nerad, the main speaker, called for the formation of a coalition to work on changing Minnesota's civil commitment laws so that patients are protected from harm in the name of help. The CCHR Minnesota chapter will assist Dr. Nerad in establishing and guiding this coalition.
CCHR has served as an international watchdog over the psychiatric industry since 1969, working to change legislative bills that curtail psychiatric advances into educational systems and society. Its most recent documentary addresses the cause of violence in our society, particularly mass shootings in schools and public events, pointing to psychiatric drugs as a contributing factor.
For more information, visit the CCHR website, or watch documentaries on the work of CCHR volunteers in countries around the world and the film Psychiatry: An Industry of Death on the Scientology Network.
CCHR was co-founded in 1969 by professor of psychiatry Dr. Thomas Szasz and the Church of Scientology. Its commissioners include physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, legislators, government officials, educators, and civil rights representatives. The organization is inspired by L. Ron Hubbard's commitment to abolishing any and all physically damaging practices in the field of mental health.
