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This April, CCHR Reminds You to Not Only Eliminate Stress but to Also Avoid Dangerous Solutions

This April, CCHR Reminds You to Not Only Eliminate Stress but to Also Avoid Dangerous Solutions

by CCHR Florida | Apr 7, 2022 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

In honor of April being Stress Awareness Month, CCHR provides tips to combat stress while avoiding false solutions that could actually be harmful. April is Stress Awareness Month. In challenging times, everyone has experienced stress to some degree. It’s just the way...
Parents’ Bill of Rights – The Right to Refuse the Psychiatric Drugging of Your Child

Parents’ Bill of Rights – The Right to Refuse the Psychiatric Drugging of Your Child

by CCHR Florida | Aug 10, 2021 | Parental Rights, Psychiatric Drugs

As a parent, you have the right to refuse to give your minor child psychotropic/psychiatric drugs as a requirement for attendance or participation in public school services. To learn more about your rights, please visit www.know-your-rights.org.
Experts Warn – Psychiatric Drugs May Cause More Harm Than Help

Experts Warn – Psychiatric Drugs May Cause More Harm Than Help

by CCHR Florida | Feb 2, 2021 | Elderly, Psychiatric Drugs

Studies have suggested that psychiatric drugs may do more harm than good, especially in the long-term. Antipsychotics, also known as neuroleptics, are a class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis, principally in schizophrenia but also in a range of other...
Information Withheld Concerning Safety of Antidepressants

Information Withheld Concerning Safety of Antidepressants

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...
The Horrors of Addiction – Craving Psychotropics

The Horrors of Addiction – Craving Psychotropics

by CCHR Florida | Jan 20, 2021 | Psychiatric Drugs

By far one of the most insidious addictions is one that is started with a doctor’s prescription pad — for example opioids and psychotropics. The myriad of negative side-effects of psychotropic drugs has often been reported. There is one aspect that has not...
Psychiatric Drugs and Side Effects – The Unseen Hand Behind Violence in America

Psychiatric Drugs and Side Effects – The Unseen Hand Behind Violence in America

by CCHR Florida | Jan 12, 2021 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Close to 17% of Americans are taking psychiatric drugs with side effects such as acting aggressively, being angry, or violent and acting on dangerous impulses. According to the United Health Foundation there were over 1.2 million acts of violent crime in 2018...
America’s Hidden Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs, Addiction and Suicide

America’s Hidden Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs, Addiction and Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Jan 5, 2021 | Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

There is growing concern that psychiatric drugs, fueled by exorbitant mental health spending, are being over prescribed and are causing more harm than what is being publicized. [1] The pharmaceutical companies and the psychiatric community pocket some $62 billion on...
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...
Watchdog Calls into Question Reliance on Risk Assessments During Suicide Awareness Month

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...
This April, CCHR Reminds You to Not Only Eliminate Stress but to Also Avoid Dangerous Solutions

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...
Mental Health Watchdog Warns Against Psychotropic Drug Self-Care During Pandemic

Mental Health Watchdog Warns Against Psychotropic Drug Self-Care During Pandemic

by CCHR Florida | Jul 23, 2020 | Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Based on documented studies, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a watchdog organization that investigates and exposes abuse within the mental health industry, is warning the public about the dangers of psychotropic drug...
Watchdog Calling for Reform During National Minority Mental Health Month

Watchdog Calling for Reform During National Minority Mental Health Month

by CCHR Florida | Jul 1, 2020 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs

Observed during July every year, National Minority Mental Health Month is supposed to raise awareness on mental health issues and research into the topic reveals numerous articles on how minorities are “underserved”. However, information published by the Citizens...
Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week Sheds Light on Dangerous Psychiatric Drug Side Effects

Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week Sheds Light on Dangerous Psychiatric Drug Side Effects

by CCHR Florida | May 7, 2020 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs

In 2019 the Florida legislature adopted a resolution recognizing the first week in May every year as “Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week”. Tardive dyskinesia is marked by involuntary movement of the lips, tongue, jaw, fingers, toes and other body parts. Tardive...
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...
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