The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) opened its traveling exhibit in downtown St. Paul on Monday, drawing an excited crowd to the newly renovated Nova Event Hall on St. Peter Street. The exhibit, titled "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death," features 14 graphic panels and 13 short documentaries that chronicle historical and current abuses within the mental health field.
At the ribbon-cutting event, guest speakers detailed abuses occurring in mental hospitals under civil commitment laws, including patients held against their will, drugged without informed consent, and subjected to other human rights violations. Dr. Patrice Nerad, the main speaker, called for the formation of a coalition to work on changing Minnesota's civil commitment laws to better protect patients from harm in the name of help. The CCHR Minnesota chapter will assist Dr. Nerad in establishing and guiding this coalition.
CCHR, an international watchdog over the psychiatric industry since 1969, has worked to change legislation that curtails psychiatric advances into educational systems and society. The organization's most recent documentary addresses the cause of violence in society, particularly mass shootings in schools and public events, asserting that psychiatric drugs are the cause.
For more information, visit the CCHR website, or watch documentaries on the work of CCHR volunteers 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. CCHR Commissioners include physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, legislators, government officials, educators, and civil rights representatives. The organization is inspired by author, humanitarian, and Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard's commitment to abolishing any and all physically damaging practices in the field of mental health.
