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The Citizens Commission on Human Rights
of Florida is a non-profit organization that
investigates and exposes psychiatric violations of
human rights.
CCHR Florida also educates Americans about their mental health rights, including the right to informed consent.
CCHR Florida works side-by-side with like-minded groups and individuals who share a common purpose to stop abuses in the field of mental health. Many non-profit organizations and individuals are concerned about the excesses and harmful practices of psychiatry.
Together, we have formed a strong movement that is especially active to help protect the rights of children.
We invite you to join our efforts to bring compassion and decency to the field of mental health.
One of the fundamental flaws of psychiatry is its unscientific
diagnostic system. Unlike proper medical diagnosis, psychiatry
categorize symptoms only, not disease. The American
Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is
notorious for its low scientific validity. In it, even “spending
much more money than intended” is listed as a symptom of a mental illness—
for which psychotropic medication should be prescribed.
Drugging with psychotropic medication is a preferred
treatment of psychiatry. These drugs are synthetic chemicals
that pass the blood-brain barrier and can cause serious side
effects. Here are but a few of the warnings for the commonly
prescribed drug Prozac:
• Hypertension
• Increased weight
• Varicose veins
• Amnesia
• Hallucination
• Suicidal tendency
And even though Prozac is classified as an “anti-depressant”, one of its FDAlisted side effects is—depression.
A fundamental human right is the right to be fully informed of the
possible consequences of a medication or treatment. Part of this right
is the right to say no to a drug that you don’t want to take or that you
don’t want your child to take. Call or email CCHR Florida if you want to
know more or need help. And please help us in our cause to educate
Americans about this right.
To Become a member--go to http://cchrflorida.org/shoppingcart/index.php
“I have long maintained that the
child psychiatrist is one of the
most dangerous enemies not only
of children, but also of adults who
care for the two most precious
and most vulnerable things in life
—children and liberty.
“Child psychiatry—like all of
psychiatric slavery—cannot be
reformed. It must be abolished.
“The task we set ourselves—to
combat psychiatric coercion—is
important. It is a noble task in
the pursuit of which we must,
regardless of obstacles, persevere.
Our conscience commands that
we do no less.”
Dr. Tomas Szasz
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Co-Founder of CCHR
By law in Florida (several other
states have similar laws), a person,
before receiving medication or
other treatment, has the right to
receive and must be given sufficient
information about this treatment
to enable him or her to “make
a knowing and willful decision
without any element of force,
fraud, deceit, duress or other
forms of constraint or coercion”.
(Florida Statute 394.459(3)(a)