by CCHR Florida | Sep 14, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, DSM, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Imagine if Kim’s parents hadn’t found a different school for her. Would she still be a “learning disabled” high school student today, struggling with her studies? How many kids out there are doing just that because they don’t have the opportunity to go to another school?
by CCHR Florida | Sep 12, 2012 | Alternatives, Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
The FDA places strong warnings on mental health drugs. Unfortunately most people are not fully informed of the risks of these drugs prior to taking them. This video will open your eyes to the truth about mental health drugs.
by CCHR Florida | Sep 3, 2012 | Baker Act, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse
Free speech and first amendment rights were ignored recently in Virginia where former Marine Brandon Raub was greeted at the door of his home on August 16th by local police, FBI and Secret Service agents. They had supposedly received reports about things he had posted on Facebook which implied to them he was perhaps a domestic terrorist in the making. He was detained without charge, not read his rights, handcuffed and taken to the psychiatric hospital ward for Behavioral Health at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell for psychiatric evaluation.
by CCHR Florida | Sep 3, 2012 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Elderly, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse
According to this document, an employer who refused to hire or retain a mentally ill person, even if he were acting strangely due to use of psychiatric drugs would be in violation of the Convention.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 31, 2012 | Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse
Eighteen year-old Andre McCollins, being electric shocked while face down and restrained. He was shocked thirty-one times over a seven hour period because he would not take off his coat.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 31, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Today, 4 million children begin their school day by taking a small yellow pill, Ritalin, to control their hyperactivity. Since 1990, there has been a 700% increase in the use of the stimulant. And more than 2.5 million prescriptions for anti-depressants were written for pre-schoolers and adolescents.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 31, 2012 | Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The Affordable Health Care Act plans to place even more resources into a field which not only fails to preserve mental health, but is destroying lives. The faith being placed in psychiatry and their drug treatments might be broken if full investigations were made following the horribly senseless killings and suicides by those prescribed such drugs.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 27, 2012 | Alternatives, DSM, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Many individuals are not informed of the alternative treatments that are available regarding depression and other mental health symptoms. There are numerous physical causes of mental health symptoms that can be evidenced with traditional medical tests.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 24, 2012 | DSM, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Mass murderers seem to still get their signals crossed while on SSRIs and have committed horrendous acts while under this influence.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 13, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The expanding mental disorders list has many concerned. Even some psychiatrists look upon this broadening of their field dubiously. The American Psychiatric Association wants the industry’s guide to be changed, as witnessed in the upcoming new edition of their Bible,...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 13, 2012 | Alternatives, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
This past weekend there was a mass shooting in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Six people plus the shooter were killed. A few weeks earlier, James Holmes shot and killed twelve people and wounded fifty-eight others in a movie theater in Colorado. Five years ago the deadliest mass shooting of all occurred at Virginia Tech, where thirty-two people were killed and many others were injured. And finally, no one has forgotten the shooting that occurred at Columbine over ten years ago.
by CCHR Florida | Aug 3, 2012 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
The recent tragedy in Colorado has focused attention on mass murderers, and many are asking “Why?” Theories abound, many of them unfounded and ignorant of the actual facts behind spree killings. According to some statistics: 78% off those responsible for crimes of...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 13, 2012 | Alternatives, DSM, Fraud, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
It’s summer and with kids out of school, the possibilities are endless for where to go on vacation. The Olympics in England or a trip to some other foreign country for the first time would seem very exciting to most. Others suggest that you can get a “mental illness”...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 13, 2012 | Alternatives, Baker Act, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The professions that are supposedly in charge of mental health in America have become a danger to our citizens and a sad joke to many, even to those who practice in this field. Paula Caplan, a clinical and research psychologist is one of those brave enough to question...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 9, 2012 | Alternatives, DSM, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Most people are familiar with the fact that Obamacare came about for the purpose of making health insurance available and affordable for millions of Americans who previously could not obtain it. In principal, that sounds like a good thing, but that idea has presented...