Watchdog group protests annual American Psychiatric Convention, objects to recommendation of use of electroshock therapy on children and teens

(NaturalNews) Citizens Commission on Human Rights is holding a rally in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, May 14 at 10:30 a.m. to protest the American Psychiatric Association's recommendation that electroshock therapy (ECT) be used on children and teenagers unresponsive to psychiatric drugs.

CCHR is a non-profit mental health watchdog group dedicated to eliminating "abuses committed under the guise of mental health." The rally will take place in downtown Atlanta at the APA's annual convention. Participants will meet at the North end of Woodruff Park, on Peachtree Street Northwest and Auburn Ave Northeast.

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