Category Archives: Mental Health Human Rights

Child Mental Health—Parents Losing Control

Posted on January 16, 2012 by CCHR Florida

Parents send their children off to school every day in hopes of them getting a good education and growing up to be mature responsible adults.  But what about child mental health?  Is that something you want addressed at your child’s … Continue reading →

Posted in ADD, ADHD, Children, Informed Consent, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Human Rights, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Parents Rights, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, Schools, Teens | Leave a comment

Talking to Your Children about Synthetic Drugs

Posted on January 16, 2012 by CCHR Florida

Talking to children is a parent’s best defense against their child’s use of synthetic drugs. In a culture where psychiatry and Big Pharmaceutical companies have made drug use commonplace among our youth, it may be wise to take another look … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Drug Warnings, Informed Consent, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Human Rights, Parents Rights, Schools, Street Drugs, Teens | Leave a comment

ABC NEWS: New Study Shows U.S. Government Fails to Oversee Treatment

Posted on December 1, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Children in foster care are more likely to take multiple antipsychotic medications for longer periods of time than any other group of children   By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, BRINDA ADHIKARI, SARAH KOCH, JOSEPH DIAZ and CLAIRE WEINRAUB Nov. 30, 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Department of Children and Families, Disorders, Drugs in Florida, Foster Care, Health Care Fraud, Informed Consent, Medicaid, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Human Rights, Over Prescribing Meds, Parents Rights, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, Psychiatry, Psychotropic Drugs, Video | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Why YOU should care

Posted on June 23, 2010 by CCHR Florida

The year is 2014: Your friend tells you that she is expecting a baby, she and her husband are so excited because it’s their first.  You, too, get excited and decide to accompany her on her first pre-natal visit to … Continue reading →

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