US EditionPsychiatry’s Legacy of Racism and Coercion Highlighted in Restraint Deaths
- The Citizens Commission on Human Rights advocates for the complete abolition of forced psychiatric interventions in the U.S., including the prohibition of compelled treatment and the use of physical or chemical restraints.
- This demand arises amid documented disproportionate use of restraints and misdiagnoses affecting African Americans, rooted in historical psychiatric racism and pseudoscientific theories.
- CCHR highlights multiple cases of children and youths, such as Ja'Ceon Terry and Cornelius Frederick, who died during or after physical restraints involving asphyxiation and respiratory distress.
- An analysis of police restraint deaths between 2010 and 2019 identified that African Americans accounted for 38% of victims where race was known, with 58% of these fatalities occurring within five minutes; many individuals were observed struggling to breathe or expressing phrases like "I can't breathe," indicating severe respiratory distress.
- The systemic overrepresentation of African Americans in coercive psychiatric practices reflects entrenched racism, and CCHR alongside UN and WHO calls for accountability and prohibition of such interventions.
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Psychiatry's Legacy of Racism and Coercion Highlighted in Restraint Deaths - Send2Press Newswire
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 5, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With May being Mental Health Month, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is spotlighting a disturbing new study published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, titled “I Can’t Breathe” – A Study of Civil Litigated Cases on Prone Restraint Deaths. The review analyzed 229 fatal police restraint cases from 2010 to 2019. Of those where race was reported, 38% of…
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