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The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

by CCHR Florida | Mar 23, 2021 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide

Spending in the mental health market has increased by 52.1% since 2009 yet U.S. suicide rates hit a 50-year historical high. In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of...
The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

Predicting & Preventing Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Mar 1, 2021 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide

Predicting & Preventing Suicide In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of death in the United States.[i] Recent world events have placed a tremendous amount of...
40 Years of Research Suggests Assessments may Increase Risk of Suicide

40 Years of Research Suggests Assessments may Increase Risk of Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Nov 17, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide

As International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day approaches, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is questioning the reliance on suicide risk assessments. Observed on November 21st this year, International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day...
CCHR Calls Attention to Drugging of Millions of Children on the Heels of ADHD Awareness Month

CCHR Calls Attention to Drugging of Millions of Children on the Heels of ADHD Awareness Month

by CCHR Florida | Nov 2, 2020 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs

There are over 6.7 million US children being prescribed psychiatric drugs with more than 3.3 million of these children prescribed drugs for ADHD. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated the protection of children,...
Profiting from Misery: National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month

Profiting from Misery: National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month

by CCHR Florida | Oct 19, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs

Mental health observances feed a $795 billion-dollar industry and are more about profit and less about helping those in need. Each year the month of October is touted as National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month with the stated purposed to “bring awareness...
Reliance on Risk Assessments Questioned as Suicide Awareness Month Ends

Reliance on Risk Assessments Questioned as Suicide Awareness Month Ends

by CCHR Florida | Oct 7, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Suicide

September is nationally recognized as Suicide Awareness Month and the stated intention of this campaign is to “inform and engage health professionals and the general public about suicide prevention and warning signs of suicide”. [1] Each year one solution offered up...
The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated

Watchdog Calls into Question Reliance on Risk Assessments During Suicide Awareness Month

by CCHR Florida | Sep 1, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Each year September is recognized as Suicide Awareness Month with September 6th through the 12th observed as National Suicide Prevention Week. The stated intention of these campaigns is to “inform and engage health professionals and the general public about suicide...
Watchdog Campaign to Restore Parental Rights Reaches Over 370,000

Watchdog Campaign to Restore Parental Rights Reaches Over 370,000

by CCHR Florida | Aug 25, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Rights

Recognized across the state for helping parents whose children have been taken to a psychiatric facility for involuntary examination under Florida’s mental health law, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a public information campaign earlier this...
Study Reveals that Anxiety, Depression and PTSD may be Adaptive Responses to Adversity Not Mental Disorders

Study Reveals that Anxiety, Depression and PTSD may be Adaptive Responses to Adversity Not Mental Disorders

by CCHR Florida | Aug 19, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

As reported in an article in Forbes titled, Researchers Doubt That Certain Mental Disorders Are Disorders At All, a recent study questioned the validity of labeling depression, anxiety and even ADHD as mental disorders. [1] The researchers in the study based their...
Recent Study Calls Psychological Assessments “Junk Science”

Recent Study Calls Psychological Assessments “Junk Science”

by CCHR Florida | Aug 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights

In a campaign to remove the stigma attached to mental illness, advocates have created numerous observance days, weeks and months which is why August is known as “National Health Center Week”. This observance week focuses on treatment and education with the underlying...
Mental Health Month: A Marketing Campaign to Fuel the Psychiatric Industry

Mental Health Month: A Marketing Campaign to Fuel the Psychiatric Industry

by CCHR Florida | May 27, 2020 | Mental Health Screening

Since 1949 the month of May has been touted as Mental Health Month for the stated purpose of educating people on mental health issues. However, the real motive behind this marketing comes into question when messages such as “the 7 biggest parenting mistakes that...
Reliance on Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase Suicide Deaths

Reliance on Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase Suicide Deaths

by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Suicide

Due to COVID-19, mental health advocates are predicting that “suicide is likely to become a more pressing concern as the pandemic spreads and has longer-term effects on the general population, the economy, and vulnerable groups”. One solution being offered up is...
Mental Health Month Marketing Feeds Lucrative Psychiatric Industry

Mental Health Month Marketing Feeds Lucrative Psychiatric Industry

by CCHR Florida | Apr 29, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs

With global sales reaching $76 billion a year, psychiatric treatment is one of the most lucrative businesses in the world and according to IMS Health, a company that provides information, services and technology for the healthcare industry, there are over 78 million...
What are Parental Rights?

What are Parental Rights?

by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Rights

Even before the current pandemic scare, Florida parents have worried about protecting their children, particularly at school. The fact that children were being regularly taken from school without prior parental notice or agreement for involuntary psychiatric...
The Unworkability of Suicide Risk Assessments

The Unworkability of Suicide Risk Assessments

by CCHR Florida | Apr 6, 2020 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Suicide

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death in young people in the US today and suicide risk assessment is often touted as the answer but experts in the field have repeatedly concluded that there is not any one scale that can predict who will commit suicide to any...
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