by CCHR Florida | Jan 27, 2021 | Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Reports show that vital information regarding the safety of antidepressants has been suppressed by pharmaceutical companies. The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), is concerned that vital information has been withheld from the medical...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 23, 2020 | Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse
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...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 22, 2020 | Fraud, Universal Health Services
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...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 19, 2020 | Fraud
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...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 6, 2020 | Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse
With the recent passage of the federal stimulus package, which allocated $425 million for mental health services and an additional $1.32 billion for community mental health centers, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights International announced that they will be...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 20, 2019 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Fraud, Rights
Attended by hundreds of guests, the 4th Annual Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Humanitarian Awards Banquet once again honored the many dedicated volunteers and supporters of CCHR for their work help restore rights and dignity to the field of mental health....
by CCHR Florida | Nov 20, 2019 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights
Every year hundreds of thousands of people are taken into custody for involuntary psychiatric examination across the state of Florida. Called a Baker Act, the rampant abuse of rights under this law contributes to tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent billing. In a...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 5, 2019 | Acadia, Baker Act, ECT, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights, Universal Health Services
Hundreds of UK legislators have been sent a White Paper on Fraud and Abuse in the UK’s for-profit behavioral industry, calling for tighter oversight and accountability of facilities owned by U.S companies, Acadia Healthcare and Universal Health Services (UHS). The...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 24, 2019 | Acadia, ECT, Fraud, Rights
In the second part of a series of public awareness articles posted on TruthAboutECT.org, Jan Eastgate, the president of mental health industry watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International explores the coverup of the dangers of psychiatric electroshock...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 31, 2019 | ECT, Fraud, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Suicide
Psychiatrist Ugo Cerletti watched pigs being “anesthetized” with electroshock before they were butchered. This seemed a delightful outcome to Cerletti. He proceeded to experiment on hapless dogs and other animals, producing “reliable epileptic fits.” Apparently, this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 22, 2018 | Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to investigating and exposing abusive and fraudulent psychiatric practices in the mental health industry, is bringing attention to the need for an effective system...