LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 13, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) has warned that billions of taxpayer dollars poured into Veterans Affairs (VA) psychiatric programs are driving tragedy instead of delivering help. Rather than restoring dignity to those who served, veterans are being drugged, disabled, and too often lost to suicide or violence.

Recent tragedies involving veterans accused of mass shootings have reignited questions about the VA’s mental health treatment. Yet, CCHR points out the core issue is not a lack of funding—it is the reliance on psychiatric drugs and brain interventions like electroshock treatment that experts have long warned are harmful.

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