CCHR Leads Protest About Child Restraint Deaths and $329B Mental Health Failure
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 highlighted restraint-related deaths of children, the use of involuntary treatment, and the lack of accountability in a mental health system that received $329 billion in federal funding in 2022.