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L. Ron Hubbard's seminal – and controversial – work was Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, written in 1950.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is an organization established by the Church of Scientology to pursue its long-standing conflict with the psychiatric and medical establishment.1
The CCHR serves as a vehicle for the church to advocate against practices it opposes, such as the use of consciousness-altering drugs and procedures like lobotomies. Through this commission, the church has actively campaigned against the American Psychiatric Association and has specifically led efforts against the use of certain medications, such as Prozac. This opposition is rooted in the broader Scientology belief that psychiatry is an illegitimate science that denies the spiritual nature of humanity.1