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Campaign Exposing Mental Health Human Rights Abuse Reaches Over 500,000

Campaign Exposing Mental Health Human Rights Abuse Reaches Over 500,000

by CCHR Florida | Dec 9, 2020 | Baker Act, Parental Rights

Watchdog organization is calling the abusive use of the Baker Act a serious threat to mental health human rights in Florida. The most recent report on involuntary psychiatric examinations in Florida disclosed that there were over 200,000 during 2017/2018. This same...
Tens of Thousands of Children Sent for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination in Florida

Tens of Thousands of Children Sent for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination in Florida

by CCHR Florida | Oct 14, 2020 | Baker Act, Parental Rights, Rights

Each year on October 10th World Mental Health Day is observed for the stated purpose of raising awareness on mental health issues. This year the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a watchdog organization, hosted a seminar on mental...
Watchdog CCHR to Host a Baker Act Rights Seminar for World Mental Health Day

Watchdog CCHR to Host a Baker Act Rights Seminar for World Mental Health Day

by CCHR Florida | Oct 7, 2020 | Baker Act, Parental Rights, Rights

During a meeting of the Children’s Baker Act Task Force, it was revealed that a significant number of children sent for an involuntary psychiatric examination did not meet the criteria to be taken into custody. Unfortunately, this is not new information. The mental...
Almost 410,000 Reached in a Campaign to Protect Children and Parental Rights

Almost 410,000 Reached in a Campaign to Protect Children and Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Sep 24, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Viewed as a statewide problem, the number of children sent for involuntary psychiatric examinations, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing for almost two decades and with many parents only finding out their child has been taken into custody after the fact, it...
Evidence Points to Misuse of the Baker Act with Devastating Results for Children

Evidence Points to Misuse of the Baker Act with Devastating Results for Children

by CCHR Florida | Sep 9, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Legislation, Parental Rights

As reported in multiple news stories, a recently released 85-page study found that “the Baker Act is increasingly being used on school children who make jokes, act out, exhibit normal manifestations of a known disability, or express ordinary sadness.” This same study...
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...
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 Watchdog Reaches Over 330,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 330,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Aug 4, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Recognized across the state for their work in 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) has launched a social media campaign...
Tens of Thousands of Children Detained for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination Annually

Tens of Thousands of Children Detained for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination Annually

by CCHR Florida | Jul 29, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

The number of children taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination has been steadily increasing in Florida for almost two decades and according to the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), this steady increase is...
Over 260,000 Reached in Campaign to Educate Parents on Their Rights

Over 260,000 Reached in Campaign to Educate Parents on Their Rights

by CCHR Florida | Jul 8, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Earlier this year the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a social media campaign designed to provide summaries of some of the legal concepts, rights, and facts relating to certain important student and parental rights. “We began...
Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

by CCHR Florida | Jun 24, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

Once again Florida made headlines when Reason, the nation’s leading libertarian magazine, published an investigative report on police in schools. While the story was mostly focused on School Resource Officers it also covered the abusive use of Florida’s...
Mental Health Watchdog Reaches More Than 180,000 Through Parental Rights Campaign

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches More Than 180,000 Through Parental Rights Campaign

by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

As part of a campaign to educate parents on their rights, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a watchdog organization that exposes abuse in the mental health industry, launched a newly revised website earlier this year as part of a...
Baker Act Reform is Needed in Order to Protect Parental Rights

Baker Act Reform is Needed in Order to Protect Parental Rights

by CCHR Florida | Jun 2, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights

The number of children being taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing across Florida for the past 17 years. And in February of this year, the trauma suffered during a Baker Act and the resultant harm...
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...
What are Parental Rights in Florida?

What are Parental Rights in Florida?

by CCHR Florida | May 17, 2020 | Ask CCHR Series, Parental Rights

The interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is recognized as a fundamental liberty. A list of “Parental Rights” has been compiled using existing rights understood to be guaranteed to a parent so that all parents can easily know and...
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