CCHR, Author at Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

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 ...

This year’s recipient of the prestigious CCHR Humanitarian Award was local attorney Mrs. Carmen Miller for her work to educate citizens on their rights under the mental health law.

06 Nov

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Humanitarian Award Presented to Attorney Committed to Fighting for Human Rights

by CCHR in All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Elderly, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Mental Illness, All, Parents Rights, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Take Action

Distinguished Florida attorney, Mrs. Carmen Miller, received the CCHR Humanitarian Award during a banquet held at the historic Fort Harrison in downtown Clearwater for her work in the fight to protect individuals from fraudulent involuntary psychiatric examinations known as Baker ...

Hundreds of men, women and children made their voices heard at the 2018 Psych Congress in Orlando.

01 Nov

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Hundreds Gather to Protest the Psychiatric Drugging and Shocking of Children

by CCHR in All, Abilify, All, ADD, All, ADHD, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, Baker Act, All, Children, All, Depression, All, Disorders, ECT, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, Mass Shootings, All, Mental Health Screening, All, Parents Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychostimulants, All, Psychotropic Drugs, School Shooting, All, Teens

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the protection of children, held a demonstration in Orlando at the Psych Congress protesting the drugging and electroshocking of children. Marching through the streets to the ...

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