Florida Patient's Bill of Rights Archives – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

16 Aug

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Mental Health Watchdog on a Crusade to Protect Children from Illegal Baker Acts

by CCHR in Baker Act, All, Children, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Informed Consent, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Parents Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, The Baker Act

Seen as a statewide crisis, 32,763 involuntary examinations were initiated on children during 2016-2017 according to a report recently released by the Baker Act Reporting Center. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the protection ...

12 Jul

3

Mental Health Watchdog Hosts Baker Act Defense Attorney Symposium

by CCHR in Baker Act, All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Mental Health Human Rights, Patient Rights, Senior Citizens, All, The Baker Act

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) hosted a conference on the Florida mental health law for defense attorneys for the purpose of discussing strategies to effectively serve families and to eradicate violations of the law at the Fort Harrison ...

13 Feb

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Mental Health Watchdog Continues to Fight for Children Who Remain Target of Baker Act Misuse

by CCHR in Baker Act, All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Informed Consent, All, Involuntary Commitment, Involuntary Commitment, All, Legislation, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Parents Rights, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, Schools, All, The Baker Act

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog that exposes human rights violations and is dedicated to the protection of children, applauds the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department for taking action following the handcuffing of ...

17 Feb

1

CCHR Educates Over 146,000 Families on Their Rights Under the Baker Act

by CCHR in All, Children, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Foster Care, All, Informed Consent, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Parents 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, has reached over 146,000 families in a campaign to prevent abuse of the Baker Act by educating families ...

07 Feb

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Psychiatric Goofs: Physical Conditions Mimicking Mental Disorders

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Florida law currently requires that anyone sent for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation be given a physical examination within 24 hours of their arrival at a psychiatric facility. Since there are over 100 physical ailments that can mock a psychiatric ...

12 Feb

1

Baker Act Relies On Faulty DSM Diagnostic System

by CCHR in All, Big Pharma, All, Children, All, Depression, All, Drugs in Florida, All, Drugs in our Schools, All, DSM, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Legislation, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Mental Illness, Patient Rights, All, Professional Opinions, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, All, The Baker Act

With new bills proposing some scary, expansive changes to the Baker Act here in Florida, it’s time for citizens and Florida State Legislators to take a good look at what is going on here. The Baker Act allows the involuntary ...

04 Nov

1

Mental health worker gave patient Ecstasy in exchange for sex, police say

by CCHR in All, Drugs in Florida, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Mental Illness, All, Psychiatry

Wayne K. Roustan – Sun Sentinel Nov 2, 2015 A mental health worker at a state psychiatric facility in Pembroke Pines is accused of plying a recovering drug addict with Ecstasy so he would repeatedly have sex with her. Alicia ...

26 Oct

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Mental Institutions: Still Hellish in 2015

by CCHR in All, Depression, All, Disorders, All, Elderly, All, Electro Convulsive Therapy, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Mental Illness, Patient Rights, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Psychiatrists / Psychologists, All, Psychiatry, Psychology, Restraint, Surgery

When 5 mental health institutions in California were investigated recently, a scathing 900 page report resulted. This voluminous release exposed sexual, physical, mental and emotional damage to patients. In short, not a lot has changed from the days when reporter ...

24 Mar

1

Florida School Sends Bullying Victim to Mental Hospital

by admin in All, Children, All, Department of Children and Families, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Involuntary Commitment, All, Psychiatric Abuse, All, Schools, All, Teens, All, The Baker Act, Uncategorized

Parents never quite know what might happen when they send their child off for a routine day of public schooling here in Florida. Alishia Montelongo went off to classes at Wolfson High School in the Duval County School District in ...

10 Oct

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Your Kid can Dial-a-Shrink at School – Florida Medicaid Will Pay

by admin in All, ADD, All, ADHD, All, Alternatives, All, Big Pharma, All, Children, All, Drug Warnings, All, Drugs in our Schools, All, Florida Patient's Bill of Rights, All, Health Care, All, Informed Consent, All, Mental Health Care, All, Mental Health Human Rights, All, Mental Illness, All, Professional Opinions, All, Psychiatry, All, Psychotropic Drugs, All, Schools

Florida Medicaid has rolled out a provision hidden in the pages of the Obamacare bill and parents of kids in 13 Florida counties now have health clinics right in their public school buildings. Back in March this statement was made ...

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