by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2019 | Psychiatric Drugs
Federal health regulators announced in April 2019 that manufacturers of certain sleeping pills must now include a “black box” warning alerting consumers of the potential for serious or life-threatening side effects. This is what the agency’s safety alert says:...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 14, 2019 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The spate of recent mass shootings has prompted the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) to reiterate the urgent need for State and a Federal government investigation into the irrefutable link between psychotropic drugs and...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 7, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Tamiflu causes delusions, hallucinations, suicide and psychosis. With potentially such serious adverse side effects, it should have an FDA warning but it does not.
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...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 17, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide
As International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day approaches, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is questioning the reliance on suicide risk assessments. Observed on November 21st this year, International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 2, 2020 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs
There are over 6.7 million US children being prescribed psychiatric drugs with more than 3.3 million of these children prescribed drugs for ADHD. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated the protection of children,...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 7, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide
September is nationally recognized as Suicide Awareness Month and the stated intention of this campaign is to “inform and engage health professionals and the general public about suicide prevention and warning signs of suicide”. [1] Each year one solution offered up...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 1, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
Each year September is recognized as Suicide Awareness Month with September 6th through the 12th observed as National Suicide Prevention Week. The stated intention of these campaigns is to “inform and engage health professionals and the general public about suicide...
by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Suicide
Due to COVID-19, mental health advocates are predicting that “suicide is likely to become a more pressing concern as the pandemic spreads and has longer-term effects on the general population, the economy, and vulnerable groups”. One solution being offered up is...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 6, 2020 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Suicide
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death in young people in the US today and suicide risk assessment is often touted as the answer but experts in the field have repeatedly concluded that there is not any one scale that can predict who will commit suicide to any...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 18, 2019 | Baker Act, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit watchdog organization that exposes and eradicates abuses in the mental health industry, will be hosting a series of Open House events starting January 4th 2020 to kick off its 2020...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 12, 2019 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Today in the United States approximately 7.2 million children between the ages of 0 to 17 are using prescription psychiatric drugs, and almost half of them are on drugs due to being labeled with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This epidemic of...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 17, 2019 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The Louisville Courier Journal recently reported that Eli Lilly, which produces Prozac, the antidepressant that Joseph Wesbecker’s victims blamed for his deadly shooting rampage 30 years ago on September 14, 1989, secretly paid the victims $20 million to help ensure a...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 6, 2019 | Children and Teens, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
Current debates in the media about antidepressants raise important issues—global antidepressant use is soaring, but the once-touted “miracle pills” now carry international drug regulatory agency warnings that potentially link them to suicides and acts of...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 5, 2018 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
How many more tragedies and lost lives will it take for governments to recognize that in addition to any other investigations and actions they take in relation to mass acts of violence, for the sake of our communities and families, the increasing reports of...