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Baker Act Harms Elderly with Dementia and Alzheimer's

Baker Act Harms Elderly with Dementia and Alzheimer's

by CCHR Florida | Mar 1, 2017 | Baker Act, Elderly, Rights

The Baker Act, a Florida law which allows judges, law enforcement officers, doctors and mental health officials to initiate a process to involuntarily institutionalize those exhibiting mental illness is especially dangerous for the elderly. If an older person suffers...
Dementia Can Be Reversed Without Psychiatric Drugs

Dementia Can Be Reversed Without Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Feb 11, 2014 | Alternatives, Elderly, Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

It seems that today aging gracefully is becoming a thing of the past.  There are more and more cases of Alzheimer’s instead.   Alzheimer’s is only one form of dementia, but it seems to be the most common one as of late.  Stories of aging parents not recognizing their...
Dementia Can Be Reversed Without Psychiatric Drugs

Benzodiazepines Can Cause Dementia and Other Serious Side Effects

by CCHR Florida | Apr 1, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Psychiatric drugs such as Xanax and Valium are pretty much on the same level of notoriety as Prozac and Zoloft.  However, Xanax and Valium are not antidepressants but are benzodiazepines.   Benzodiazepines have sedative and hypnotic effects.  They are widely...
Why Florida Needs to Revisit and Reform the Mental Health Law

Why Florida Needs to Revisit and Reform the Mental Health Law

by CCHR Florida | Feb 9, 2021 | Baker Act, Legislation

There is the equivalent of one hundred Baker Acts initiated on children every day of the year. It is no wonder that parents are incensed. Where did it go wrong? Florida’s Mental Health Act of 1971 was designed and meant to protect an individual’s rights and due...
Experts Warn – Psychiatric Drugs May Cause More Harm Than Help

Experts Warn – Psychiatric Drugs May Cause More Harm Than Help

by CCHR Florida | Feb 2, 2021 | Elderly, Psychiatric Drugs

Studies have suggested that psychiatric drugs may do more harm than good, especially in the long-term. Antipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics, are a class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis, principally in schizophrenia but also in a range of other...
The Horrors of Addiction – Craving Psychotropics

The Horrors of Addiction – Craving Psychotropics

by CCHR Florida | Jan 20, 2021 | Psychiatric Drugs

By far one of the most insidious addictions is one that is started with a doctor’s prescription pad — for example opioids and psychotropics. The myriad of negative side-effects of psychotropic drugs has often been reported. There is one aspect that has not...
CCHR Warns: Baker Acting the Elderly Can be Fatal Due to ‘Transfer Trauma’

CCHR Warns: Baker Acting the Elderly Can be Fatal Due to ‘Transfer Trauma’

by CCHR Florida | Dec 18, 2019 | Baker Act, Elderly, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Transfer trauma, also known as relocation stress syndrome, has been studied since the 1960s and according to controlled studies the mortality rate for elderly that are transferred is 2-4 times higher than those that are not subjected to this type of stress. [1] All...
CCHR Exposes Electroshock Assault Masked as “Therapy”

CCHR Exposes Electroshock Assault Masked as “Therapy”

by CCHR Florida | Sep 8, 2019 | ECT, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide

The mental health industry watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has been investigating what it says is harm in the name of “mental healthcare” for 50 years. Whether it is psychotropic drugs being linked to many mass shootings and stabbings, or the use...
CCHR Says Psychiatrists Got it Wrong on Electroshock ‘Treatment’ in Wall Street Journal

CCHR Says Psychiatrists Got it Wrong on Electroshock ‘Treatment’ in Wall Street Journal

by CCHR Florida | Jul 2, 2019 | ECT, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders

    Psychiatrists’ misleading claims could deny consumers evidence of ECT’s real damage, inducing suicide By Jan Eastgate President, CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog July 2, 2019 In a requested statement provided to The Wall Street...
Mental Health Watchdog Aims to Protect Elderly from Baker Act Abuse

Mental Health Watchdog Aims to Protect Elderly from Baker Act Abuse

by CCHR Florida | Jan 15, 2018 | Baker Act, Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to exposing human rights violations as well as protecting the elderly, applauds lawmakers for addressing the issue of Elder Abuse during the current legislative...
CCHR Florida Steps Up Campaign to Protect the Elderly from Harmful Baker Acting

CCHR Florida Steps Up Campaign to Protect the Elderly from Harmful Baker Acting

by CCHR Florida | Mar 1, 2017 | Baker Act, Elderly, Rights

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, stepped up a campaign launched in 2016 to educate the elderly on their rights under the mental health...
Dementia Can Be Reversed Without Psychiatric Drugs

21st Century Cures Act – Hidden Dangers

by CCHR Florida | Nov 17, 2016 | ECT, Legislation, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights

The 21st Century Cures Act has a decent purpose to help those with life-threatening diseases by giving them previously unavailable treatment. For example, if someone has late stage cancer he or she could be treated with a relatively untried medication that may have a...
Is Nutritious Food an Alternative to Psychiatric Drugs?

Is Nutritious Food an Alternative to Psychiatric Drugs?

by CCHR Florida | Dec 21, 2015 | Alternatives

Some psychiatrists are now discovering that nutrition might be able to handle symptoms that have been labeled as mental health disorders and that nutrition works better than psychiatric drugs. An article entitled “Food May Be a Tool to Consider When Helping...
Tardive Dyskinesia: Disability Caused by Psychiatric Medication

Tardive Dyskinesia: Disability Caused by Psychiatric Medication

by CCHR Florida | Aug 26, 2015 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Psychiatric drugs have long term side effects that can make a person’s life miserable. Tardive dyskinesia is one condition caused by many antipsychotic drugs. The victim of this condition grimaces, thrusts his tongue, swings his jaw and makes chewing motions. These...
Baker Act – FREE HELP & INFORMATION CALL 800-782-2878 (Covid-19 – Hotline is Open)

Baker Act – FREE HELP & INFORMATION CALL 800-782-2878 (Covid-19 – Hotline is Open)

by CCHR Florida | Apr 27, 2015 | Baker Act - Find Out More button

What are the time boundaries for the person who has been sent for an involuntary psychiatric examination? Commonly called a Baker Act, involuntary psychiatric examination is a topic that is often misunderstood and misapplied – even by those professionals who are...
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