Events Archives – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

The mental health law currently allows for individuals of all ages, including children, to be taken into custody and sent for an involuntary psychiatric examination.

18 Dec

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CCHR Kicks Off 2020 Campaign with an Open House to Raise Awareness on Abuse of Mental Health Laws

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, Baker Act, All, Depression, All, Drug Warnings, All, Events, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Psychiatric Abuse

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit watchdog organization that exposes and eradicates abuses in the mental health industry, will be hosting a series of Open House events starting January 4th 2020 to kick ...

01 Feb

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CCHR Hosts Child Advocacy Event to Honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day

by CCHR in All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Events, All, Informed Consent, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Legislation, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Mental Illness, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, hosted a Child Advocacy Award Luncheon along with the Church of ...

23 Jan

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Systematic Abuse in Florida UHS Facilities Brought To Light By Investigation

by CCHR in All, Anti-Seizure Medications, All, Depression, All, Events, All, Health Care Fraud, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Legislation, All, Medicaid, All, Medicare, All, Mental Health Care, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, The Baker Act

Are UHS Psychiatric Facilities in Florida Motivated by Profit? In a word, yes. Universal Health Services (UHS), is a corporation that owns over 200 psychiatric facilities in the USA and it’s under investigation by various federal and state authorities for ...

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23 Jan

21

The Real Cause Behind School Shootings

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Big Pharma, All, Children, All, Depression, All, Drug Warnings, All, Events, Mass Shootings, All, Mental Health Care, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, All, Schools, All, Suicide Prevention, Violence

While some have linked school shootings to “lack of mental health services” and hint that there would be fewer such incidents if people were under the watchful eye of mental health specialists, the true facts are either buried or obscured. ...

02 Nov

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Chilling Federal Mental Health Proposal

by CCHR in All, Big Pharma, All, Campaign, All, Children, All, Disorders, All, Drugs in our Schools, All, Elderly, All, Events, All, Foster Care, All, Health Care, All, Legislation, All, Mental Health Care, All, Mental Health Screening, All, Mental Illness, All, News, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs

The “Comprehensive Agenda on Mental Health” [1] calls for a massive expansion by the federal government for the funding and development of more psychiatric mental health treatment for Americans. The agenda statement runs over 5,000 words and cites 25 references ...

01 Oct

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14-Year Old Child Commits Suicide While On Prozac

by CCHR in All, Antidepressants, All, Big Pharma, All, Children, All, Depression, All, Drug Warnings, All, Events, All, News, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Prozac, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, Suicide, All, Teens

Jake Lynch, a healthy 14 year old British child was diagnosed with anxiety and put on Prozac in 2013. Just a few weeks later he committed suicide. His parents, Stephanie McGill and John Lynch were devastated. The grieving mother said ...

13 Aug

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Baton Rouge Cop Killer on Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR in All, Benzodiazepines, All, Big Pharma, All, Drug Warnings, All, Events, Mass Shootings, All, Mental Illness, All, Military, All, News, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, All, Risperdal, All, Veterans, Violence

Was Baton Rouge cop killer Gavin Long protesting police brutality by murdering three policemen, or was it yet another result of psychiatric drug side effects? This young veteran told his relatives and friends that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, and ...

17 Apr

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Mass Shooting Incident Averted

by CCHR in All, Big Pharma, All, Depression, All, Events, Mass Shootings, All, Mental Health Care, All, Mental Health Screening, All, News, All, Over Prescribing Meds, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, All, Schools, All, Suicide Prevention, Violence

Brad Kenneth Bartelt, charged recently with “aggravated assault, terroristic threatening, possession of explosive material and carrying a firearm in a publicly owned facility” was also, according to himself, taking psychiatric and pain medication. The 47 year old man, in possession ...

15 Mar

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Baker Acting 7 year-olds

by CCHR in All, Abilify, All, ADHD, All, Anti-Seizure Medications, All, Antidepressants, All, Antipsychotics, All, Big Pharma, Bipolar, All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, Drug Warnings, All, Drugs in our Schools, All, Events, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Mental Illness, All, Parents Rights, All, Prescription Drugs, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, Restraint, All, Risperdal, All, Schools, All, The Baker Act, All, Zyprexa

Florida’s mental health law, the Baker Act, gives law enforcement the right to detain someone, restrain them in a police vehicle using force as needed and take them to a designated psychiatric facility. An individual can be detained against their ...

07 Dec

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The CCHR Florida Youth Group—-Free Hugs Not Psychiatric Drugs X-Mas Event

by CCHR Florida in All, Events

On Sat., Dec. 3, 2011, there were well over 1000 people who attended the Largo Park X-Mas tree lighting. The CCHR Florida Youth Group gave out a lot of hugs that night, along with our message that psychiatric drugs are ...

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