by CCHR Florida | Mar 23, 2018 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The mental health watchdog group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)International is offering Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) and school officials a free copy of its compelling new report about a common denominator found in many mass shootings: psychotropic...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 27, 2018 | Baker Act, Mass Violence, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights(CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to investigating and exposing abusive psychiatric practices in the name of mental healing, is calling upon Florida lawmakers to first investigate the plausible link...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 16, 2017 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Recently, former psychiatric patient Devin P. Kelley opened fire on churchgoers in Texas murdering 26 innocent people and injuring another 20. Kelley had a long history of psychiatric drug use, beginning as a teenager when he was diagnosed with Attention Deficit...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2017 | Fraud, Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Esteban Santiago checked in a single bag holding a handgun when he made the trip from Alaska to Fort Lauderdale in January 2017. Upon arrival, he recovered the gun from baggage claim, loaded it in a bathroom stall and opened fire on innocent travelers, killing...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 1, 2017 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Our police officers are on the front line of any disturbance in the social fiber, including handling those who appear mentally ill. An unstable individual with a deadly weapon can be formidable and unpredictable. But how many violent people are also mentally ill? An...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2017 | Children and Teens, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
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. A recent Fox News report...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 19, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Five more people have lost their lives to an out of control man under the care of a psychiatrist. Arcan Cetin had been diagnosed with ADHD, depression and autism. Records show that doctors were gravely concerned about their patient. [1] Unfortunately this concern was...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 13, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
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 according...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 4, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
In the span of 10 days three horrific terror incidents were carried out in Europe by killers who had previously received psychiatric treatment. 84 Dead in Nice, France On July 14, 2016 during a Bastille Day holiday celebration, 31 year old Mohamed Lahouaiej...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 29, 2016 | Baker Act, DSM, ECT, Fraud, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, has held over 100 events and toured more than 3,000 people through the Psychiatry: An Industry of...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 14, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
On December 14th 2012 Adam Lanza attacked students and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut with an AR-15 rifle leaving 20 children and 6 adults dead. There have been two recent news stories related to the Adam Lanza case. One concerns the...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 8, 2016 | Children and Teens, DSM, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
Mental health experts claim they need more money to stem the rising number of teenage suicides but there is much evidence showing that the medications prescribed to prevent suicide are indeed what are causing the rising statistic. Yet psychiatrists continue to assert...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 7, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Signs clearly point to Oregon community college (Umpqua Community College) shooter Christopher Harper-Mercer having had a background involving psychiatric treatment. Harper-Mercer’s mother had difficulties in raising her son. She discussed her problems with co-worker...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 17, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
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,...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 27, 2016 | Children and Teens, Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
A report on the drug trial results for the antidepressant drug Paxil (Seroxat in the UK) was published in The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) in 2001 under the title “Study 329”. The authors of the study stated paroxetine is...