CCHR & Scientology Attack Psychiatry & Mentally Ill
CCHR Headquarters
CCHR – Human Rights Organization Attacks Its “Enemies” by Jeff Jacobsen
“I think psychiatry should be outlawed.” [Tom Cruise, Scientologist, on MSNBC 1/21/04]
OVERVIEW
The Church of Scientology has taken upon itself the goal of eradicating psychiatry from the face of the earth. This may seem like a strange project for a “church,” until one reads the thoughts of Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
In 1950 Hubbard published Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health. This unscientific and unproven method of “clearing” the mind of problems was seen as an alternative to what psychiatry at that time was providing. At first Hubbard did not consider himself in competition with psychiatry, and in fact had sought psychiatric help himself earlier. But dianetics was rejected by the psychiatric community and Hubbard gradually became more and more irate at the profession.
In 1969 the Citizens Commission on Human Rights was formed as an arm of Scientology to fight against psychiatry. In 1993 CCHR was granted tax exempt status in a secret IRS agreement of the Church of Scientology’s exemption. CCHR and Scientology continue to attack psychiatry.
