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Multi-Million Fines Insufficient to Curb Abuse in For-Profit Behavioral Health Industry

by CCHR Florida | Jul 31, 2019 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Sequel, Universal Health Services

Universal Health Services (UHS), which owns a chain of for-profit psychiatric facilities in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, has agreed to pay $127 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) civil probe into alleged fraud. The settlement is subject to...

In wake of $1.4B Suboxone Payout, Mental Health Watchdog, CCHR, Says Psychiatric Industry and Hospitals Cash in on Opioid Crisis

by CCHR Florida | Jul 24, 2019 | Acadia, DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Universal Health Services

A pharmaceutical company’s recent $1.4 billion settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over probes into its addiction treatment drug, Suboxone Film (buprenorphine and naloxone), has raised concerns about psychiatric drug treatments offered as solutions to the...

CCHR Says Minority Mental Health Month May Spell Mental Health Slavery

by CCHR Florida | Jul 17, 2019 | ECT, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

While July is recognized as Minority Mental Health Month, Rev. Frederick Shaw, spokesperson for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) warns that it can be used to stigmatize African Americans and put them at risk of harm from psychiatric...

Anesthetic that Killed Michael Jackson Used as Experimental “Depression” Drug: CCHR Warns of Treatments That Can Induce, Not Prevent Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Jul 9, 2019 | ECT, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Anesthetics that induce a loss of sensation and awareness are being used as experimental drugs to treat depression, with a recent study using propofol—the anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson. Mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) says...

CCHR Says Psychiatrists Got it Wrong on Electroshock ‘Treatment’ in Wall Street Journal

by CCHR Florida | Jul 2, 2019 | ECT, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders

Psychiatrists’ misleading claims could deny consumers evidence of ECT’s real damage, inducing suicide By Jan Eastgate President, CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog July 2, 2019 In a requested statement provided to The Wall Street...

CCHR Warns About Antidepressant “Nasal Spray,” Esketamine (Spravato), Use on Veterans

by CCHR Florida | Jun 26, 2019 | Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

By Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog June 26, 2019 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is concerned that President Trump is being misled about a nasal spray depression drug, esketamine (Spravato) being the answer to...

CCHR Says Federal and State Investigations Needed into Soaring Psychotropic Drug Use, Suicides and Violence

by CCHR Florida | Jun 26, 2019 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the wake of recent reports of suicide increases, the mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) urges Congress and state governments to implement greater oversight of soaring psychotropic drug prescribing...

The Hoax of Biologically Caused Depression

by CCHR Florida | Jun 20, 2019 | DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders

Psychiatry and pharmaceutical companies have increasingly pushed the theory that depression has a biological, even genetic cause. However, Science Alert online made this bold statement recently, “New research on depression has debunked decades of work that singled out...

Mental Illness…Fraud or Fact?

by CCHR Florida | Jun 20, 2019 | DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Interestingly, mental illness is not considered curable by those who supposedly treat it. In fact, according to the Psychiatric Bible (The DSM), there are hundreds of mental disorders. And not a single one of them has a promised cure. In medicine, there are certainly...

Don't Psychiatrists know what they're talking about?

by CCHR Florida | Jun 20, 2019 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Studies have shown that people tend to believe whatever their doctor tells them. This is sometimes called “white coat syndrome.” And despite numerous articles equating this with a blood pressure rise in the doctor’s office, the “syndrome” can be a truly...

Black Box Warning on Sleep Aids is not Enough

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:...

CCHR Calling for Stronger Informed Consent When Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Jun 5, 2019 | DSM, ECT, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

A recent study of 620,000 people in the U.S. has summarily debunked the claim that depression is genetic in origin. [1] “This study confirms that efforts to find a single gene or handful of genes which determine depression are doomed to fail,” says...

CCHR Exhibit Warns Lawmakers that Psychotropic Drugs May Contribute to Violence and Suicide

by CCHR Florida | May 30, 2019 | Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Suicide

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog dedicated to the protection of children, unveiled a new exhibit in Tallahassee designed to educate lawmakers on the dangerous side effects of psychiatric drugs and the possible connection between...

CCHR Led Hundreds of Protestors Outside Psychiatric Convention Demanding a Ban on Electroshock Treatment

by CCHR Florida | May 21, 2019 | Baker Act, ECT, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Members of the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and others concerned about the continuing use of electroshock treatment on 100,000 Americans each year—some aged five or younger [1] marched through the streets of San Francisco on...

Rise in Suicides Prompts CCHR to Call for an Investigation into the Failure of Mental Health Programs

by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2019 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Since 1949 the month of May has been observed by mental health advocacy groups as Mental Health Awareness Month. Started by Mental Health American as a means of educating individuals on mental health issues for the purpose of providing support for those labeled as...