Category Archives: Mental Health Screening

Are Cats a Factor in Your Mental Health?

As silly as it sounds, psychiatrists would like you to believe that cats could have something to do with your mental health.  They have put forth information linking cats to schizophrenia which is based only on speculation and convenient correlations, … Continue reading

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Child Mental Health—Parents Losing Control

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

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Are Medicated People with ADHD at Risk for Heart Problems?

An alarming report was issued by the FDA in 2007 regarding people with ADHD and possible cardiovascular risks. In February of 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration released a report to all drug manufacturers that were involved in the production of … Continue reading

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Mental Health Services and the Girl Scouts

Not surprisingly, Mental health services as promoted by psychologists have stooped to a new low. Now they are getting the Girl Scouts to do their dirty work. The debate goes on as to whether the subject of psychology is a real science … Continue reading

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TeenScreen: Benevolent or Malevolent? (Good or Bad?)

Mental Health Screening of School Children The Aug. 30, 2011 article in The Wall Street Journal, “Will Students Take A Mental Health Test”, covers the seemingly benevolent issue of whether Florida and other state schools should engage in mental health … Continue reading

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Feds may act if Florida stalls on health-reform law

Feds may act if Florida stalls on health-reform law, March 24, 2011     WASHINGTON – If Florida leaders refuse to carry out the new national health care law, Uncle Sam is prepared to take charge on behalf of the … Continue reading

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Action Alert: Protect your rights to decline mental health screening

Information: Florida has a chance to opt out of the mandatory requirements of the Federal Health Care Bill.   This Federal Bill has many mandatory mental health screening programs: click here to learn more about those programs http://cchrflorida.org/healthcarebill/index.html   Act … Continue reading

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Why Screen Teens?

Teen Screen is a program developed by Columbia University to specifically screen for mental disorders and risks of suicide in teenagers.  Prevention is normally a good thing, however this program warrants a closer look.     The way Teen Screen … Continue reading

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Psychiatry Has No Bounds to Its Insanity

Healthy Eating Now Listed as a Mental Disorder   No, you did not misread. Yes, your basic sense of reason has been violated.   In a word, OUTRAGEOUS!   According to Merriam-Webster:   out·ra·geous is defined as:   1 a … Continue reading

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CCHR Florida Update on State Legislation

CCHR Florida Action Alert: Contact these Florida legislators to let them know you oppose mental health screening.   Many of you have been receiving our updates on the Federal Health Care legislation that calls for the mental health screening of … Continue reading

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