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Baker Act? Protect Your Children with 5 Simple Steps!

Baker Act? Protect Your Children with 5 Simple Steps!

by CCHR Florida | Jul 1, 2021 | Baker Act - Find Out More button

In 2021, the passage of the School Safety Bill, amended Florida law to require parental/guardian notification prior to the initiation of a Baker Act on a minor child. The intention behind these revisions was to reduce the number of inappropriate Baker Acts on children...
Anxiety or Physical Illness? Knowing Which Can Save Your Life

Anxiety or Physical Illness? Knowing Which Can Save Your Life

by CCHR Florida | Jun 3, 2021 | Psychiatric Disorders

Many people do not realize that individuals with actual physical ailments are misdiagnosed as having a mental disorder all the time. It is a huge problem recognized by the medical and psychiatric community. [1] Unfortunately, it is also a dangerous problem with those...
CCHR Demanding Investigation into Suicide Prevention Failures, Access to Care and Mental Health Funding in Florida

CCHR Demanding Investigation into Suicide Prevention Failures, Access to Care and Mental Health Funding in Florida

by CCHR Florida | Apr 20, 2021 | Suicide

Spending in the mental health market has increased by 52.1% since 2009 yet U.S. suicide rates hit a 50-year historical high. In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of...
CCHR Florida Offering Baker Act Continuing Education Course for Professionals

CCHR Florida Offering Baker Act Continuing Education Course for Professionals

by CCHR Florida | Apr 13, 2021 | Baker Act, Continuing Education

Designed for mental health professionals, the virtual course is delivered by an attorney and covers the basic human rights impacted by the mental health law. Florida’s mental health law, commonly referred to as the Baker Act, allows for individuals of all ages to be...
Baker Acting of Children: Citing Abuse, Advocates Demanding Change to Law

Baker Acting of Children: Citing Abuse, Advocates Demanding Change to Law

by CCHR Florida | Apr 7, 2021 | Baker Act, Legislation, Parental Rights

Over 37,000 Baker Acts were initiated in Florida on children during 2018/2019 and advocates are demanding a change to the law to protect children from abuse. The Florida mental health law, commonly called the Baker Act, allows for individuals of all ages to be taken...
CCHR’s Baker Act Continuing Education Courses Help Protect Citizens from Abuse

CCHR’s Baker Act Continuing Education Courses Help Protect Citizens from Abuse

by CCHR Florida | Mar 31, 2021 | Baker Act, Continuing Education

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) began hosting continuing education courses for attorneys in 2018 in response to the alarming number of people taken into custody each year under the Baker Act. Florida’s mental health law, known as...
The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

by CCHR Florida | Mar 23, 2021 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide

Spending in the mental health market has increased by 52.1% since 2009 yet U.S. suicide rates hit a 50-year historical high. In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of...
Watchdog Group Demands Change to Laws Governing the Baker Acting of Children

Watchdog Group Demands Change to Laws Governing the Baker Acting of Children

by CCHR Florida | Mar 10, 2021 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Legislation, Parental Rights

The Baker Act has been a formidable survivor of reformation and according to the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, changes to protect children are needed. Decades of abuse and loss of parental rights follow in the wake of the Baker Act. And despite demands for...
The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

Predicting & Preventing Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Mar 1, 2021 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide

Predicting & Preventing Suicide In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of death in the United States.[i] Recent world events have placed a tremendous amount of...
Mental Health Watchdog Hosts Baker Act Continuing Education Course in Campaign to Protect Citizens from Abuse

Mental Health Watchdog Hosts Baker Act Continuing Education Course in Campaign to Protect Citizens from Abuse

by CCHR Florida | Feb 24, 2021 | Baker Act, Continuing Education

The virtual course identifies the basic human rights impacted by the Baker Act, areas of abuse and the unintended consequences. Almost 25 years ago the Florida Supreme Court issued an Executive Summary following a review of the use of the Baker Act. In this report,...
Baker Act? Protect Your Children with 5 Simple Steps!

Tens of Thousands of Children Taken into Custody: The Baker Act Must Be Reformed

by CCHR Florida | Feb 17, 2021 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse

Baker Act abuse runs rampant and calls for reformation are resounding from press to parents. CCHR says it is time for change, one that is a long time coming. Fifty years of Baker Act abuse and maltreatment is more than enough for Florida citizens, practitioners, and...
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...
Information Withheld Concerning Safety of Antidepressants

Information Withheld Concerning Safety of Antidepressants

by CCHR Florida | Jan 27, 2021 | Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Reports show that vital information regarding the safety of antidepressants has been suppressed by pharmaceutical companies. The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), is concerned that vital information has been withheld from the medical...
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...
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