CCHR, Author at Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

Mental Health Group says Electrical “Treatment” Creates Harm

30 Apr

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CCHR Condemns FDA’S Approval of Electricity-Zapping for “ADHD” Kids

by CCHR in All, ADD, All, ADHD, All, Children, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a device to zap a low-level electrical pulse through the forehead of 7-12 year olds as treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). [1] But the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on ...

With more than 34 million Americans taking antidepressants in 2013-14, addiction and withdrawal from psychiatric is a growing problem.

09 Apr

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Hooked on Psychiatric Drugs? Mental Health Watchdog, CCHR, Advises Reporting the Abuse and to Take Action

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, All, Depression, All, Drug Warnings, All, DSM, All, Informed Consent, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Mental Illness, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychostimulants, All, Psychotropic Drugs, Uncategorized, Violence

14 Mar

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Alternative Solutions to Mental Health Seminar

by CCHR in Uncategorized

Come to this free seminar and learn about safe, healthy and alternative solutions to mental health. Delivered by a medical professional in the interest of improving society’s health and the future of our children. Monday, May 6th from 6:30pm until ...

13 Mar

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CCHR Warns Officials on Dangers of Mental Health Screenings

by CCHR in Uncategorized

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR, is cautioning decision makers on the use of mental health screenings in their efforts to counteract violence in schools and communities. Citing psychiatric admissions that mental health screenings are unable to correctly ...

06 Mar

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CCHR Calls FDA Approval of Psychotropics & Electroshock a Colossal Conflict of Interest

by CCHR in ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering approving Johnson & Johnson’s (J&Js) new nasal spray antidepressant, esketamine (Spravato) after an FDA advisory committee voted on February 12, 2019 in its favor. The drug is a chemical mirror of ketamine, ...

27 Feb

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CCHR Calls for Investigation Due to Sharp Increase in Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers

by CCHR in All, ADD, All, ADHD, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Children, All, Disorders, All, Parents Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychostimulants, All, Psychotropic Drugs, Uncategorized

The rate of psychiatric drugging of children has increased sharply despite the lack of evidence that these drugs are remotely safe for this age group prompting CCHR to call for an investigation. According to 2013 data from the IMS Institute ...

18 Dec

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CCHR Supports U.N. and Rights’ Groups Demand for Urgent FDA Ban on Skin Electric Shock Devices

by CCHR in Brian Devices, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Patient Rights, Shock Treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it will ban a device that delivers painful electrical shocks to the skin to “modify” behavior in disabled students at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC) in Massachusetts. In a publication of ...

02 Dec

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CCHR Continues Fight to Reform Mental Health Law in Campaign to Protect Children

by CCHR in Baker Act, All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Mental Health First Aid, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Parents Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Schools, All, The Baker Act, Uncategorized

The Florida chapter of the international mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), has been working for years to create positive change in how the mental health law is applied to children and teens in order to protect ...

27 Nov

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CCHR Warns Officials: Mental Health Screening and Psychotropic Drugs Can Contribute to Violence

by CCHR in All, ADHD, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Benzodiazepines, All, Depression, All, Drug Warnings, All, Drugs in our Schools, All, Mental Health First Aid, All, Mental Health Screening, All, Prozac, School Shooting, All, Schools, All, Suicide Prevention, Violence

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is urging state authorities and educators not to adopt mental health screening in schools in the false hope that it could prevent acts of violence. Such screening could exacerbate the issue if it ...

14 Nov

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CCHR Florida Applauds Court Finding Forcible Electroshock a Human Rights Violation: Reinforces the Need to Ban ECT

by CCHR in Brian Devices, Deep Brain Stimulation, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Involuntary Commitment, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse

The Florida chapter of the international mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), applauds a recent Supreme Court decision in Victoria, Australia that ruled the forcible use of electroshock treatment (ECT) violates patients’ human rights. The case involved ...

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