Florida Psychiatrist Convicted of Disability Fraud and Tax Evasion
Evaded Paying Taxes on Over $1.6 Million in Income Earned While Claiming to be Disabled Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs – Tuesday, April 30, 2019 “A South Florida doctor residing in Hobe Sound, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in prison...
Florida Getting $3.7 Million Following a Multistate Health Care Investigation
By FLORIDA DAILY – 07.24.20 “On Thursday, state Attorney General Ashley Moody announced that Florida will receive millions of dollars following a massive multi-state health care fraud investigation. Florida, along with 49 states, territories and...
Staffer sexually abused 19-year-old at Tampa Community Hospital, lawsuit says
The woman, who was not named in the lawsuit, was admitted on June 3, 2018 to undergo a mental health evaluation. She was then sexually groomed and abused by employee Frank Lasso during her five-day stay, according to the lawsuit. It was filed in Hillsborough Circuit...
Mental Health Fraud Exacts High Human and Financial Costs
Mental Health Fraud Exacts High Human and Financial Costs March 11, 2016 Andria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ “The United States loses approximately $100 billion to healthcare fraud annually. Up to $20 billion dollars are due to fraudulent practices in the mental...
Study Reveals that Anxiety, Depression and PTSD may be Adaptive Responses to Adversity Not Mental Disorders
As reported in an article in Forbes titled, Researchers Doubt That Certain Mental Disorders Are Disorders At All, a recent study questioned the validity of labeling depression, anxiety and even ADHD as mental disorders. [1] The researchers in the study based their...
Recent Study Calls Psychological Assessments “Junk Science”
In a campaign to remove the stigma attached to mental illness, advocates have created numerous observance days, weeks and months which is why August is known as “National Health Center Week”. This observance week focuses on treatment and education with the underlying...
Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 330,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights
Recognized across the state for their work in helping parents whose children have been taken to a psychiatric facility for involuntary examination under Florida’s mental health law, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has launched a social media campaign...
Tens of Thousands of Children Detained for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination Annually
The number of children taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination has been steadily increasing in Florida for almost two decades and according to the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), this steady increase is...
Mental Health Watchdog Warns Against Psychotropic Drug Self-Care During Pandemic
Based on documented studies, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a watchdog organization that investigates and exposes abuse within the mental health industry, is warning the public about the dangers of psychotropic drug...
Mental Health Watchdog Renews Call for a Ban on Electroshock Device
In the wake of a recent study published in the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry calling for the use of electroshock treatment (ECT) to be suspended immediately due to the risk of side effects such as brain damage, the Florida chapter of the mental...
Over 260,000 Reached in Campaign to Educate Parents on Their Rights
Earlier this year the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a social media campaign designed to provide summaries of some of the legal concepts, rights, and facts relating to certain important student and parental rights. “We began...
Watchdog Calling for Reform During National Minority Mental Health Month
Observed during July every year, National Minority Mental Health Month is supposed to raise awareness on mental health issues and research into the topic reveals numerous articles on how minorities are “underserved”. However, information published by the Citizens...
Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation
Once again Florida made headlines when Reason, the nation’s leading libertarian magazine, published an investigative report on police in schools. While the story was mostly focused on School Resource Officers it also covered the abusive use of Florida’s...
Mental Health Watchdog Calls for Ban on Electroshock Device in Florida
In light of the fact that the FDA admits electroshock (ECT) can cause brain damage and death the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is calling for a ban on the device being used in Florida. [1] According to federal records, over 20,000 Americans received...Contact CCHR Florida
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