Psychiatric Drugs Archives – Page 4 of 32 – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

America the Drugged: A Nationwide Prescription Drug Epidemic

by CCHR Florida | May 30, 2018 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

According to the Florida Medical Examiners Annual Report for 2016, drug related deaths increased in the state by 22% over 2015 and 5,725 of the deaths investigated were opioid-related deaths. That opioid use and abuse has become an epidemic in Florida and across the...

CCHR Calls Traditional Observance of Mental Health Month into Question

by CCHR Florida | May 17, 2018 | Psychiatric Drugs

Started in 1949 by Mental Health America, “Mental Health Awareness Month” – as observed by mental health advocacy groups – is purported as a means of educating the populace on mental health issues for the purpose of education and providing support for those labeled as...

New York Times Exposes Antidepressant Scandal: Antidepressants are Addictive

by CCHR Florida | Apr 19, 2018 | Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Despite of protest from over 40 psychiatrists, the New York Times has published an in-depth investigative report of improper labeling and prescribing of antidepressants in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. The article is headlined, “Most People Taking Antidepressants...

Mental Health Watchdog Releases New Report on Link Between Psychotropic Drugs & School/Mass Shootings

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...

Psychiatric Drugs and School Shootings

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...

Study Reports that Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase the Risk of Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Feb 13, 2018 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog that exposes human rights violations and is dedicated to the protection of children, is holding an open house this month at their center located at 109 N. Fort Harrison...

Mental Health Watchdog Aims to Protect Elderly from Baker Act Abuse

by CCHR Florida | Jan 15, 2018 | Baker Act, Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to exposing human rights violations as well as protecting the elderly, applauds lawmakers for addressing the issue of Elder Abuse during the current legislative...

Florida Bills Could Force Taxpayers To Fund Harmful Psychiatric Services for First Responders

by CCHR Florida | Jan 8, 2018 | Alternatives, Legislation, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Current Florida statutes require that there be clear and convincing evidence of mental or nervous injury to determine benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation law for Florida’s first responders. However, recent bills calling for revisions to the standard for...

Mental Health Watchdog Calling for Investigation into Psychiatric Drugging of Millions of Children

by CCHR Florida | Dec 21, 2017 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to protection of children, is calling for an investigation into the heavy psychiatric drugging of children; especially foster children, in Florida. A report from...

Psychiatric History Leads to Another Mass Shooting

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...

ECT: Psychiatrists Admit Harmful Effects but aren't Worried About Them

by CCHR Florida | Sep 18, 2017 | ECT, Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Dictionaries define “harmful” as coming from the word harm, which means “causing or likely to cause physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.” In the alternate world of psychiatry, “harm” becomes a good thing, where intentionally firing 70–150...

CCHR Florida Sheds Light on Link Between Psychiatric Drugs and Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Sep 12, 2017 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog that exposes human rights violations and is dedicated to the protection of children, is holding a month long open house in recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day in...

Cutting of Florida Mental Health Funding: A Blessing in Disguise

by CCHR Florida | Sep 11, 2017 | Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

While those involved in Florida’s Mental Health System are reeling from the cut of millions of dollars from their budget,[i] many others are breathing a sigh of relief. After all, the psychiatric profession openly admits they cannot effectively diagnose or cure...

Mental Health Stigma Created by Psychiatry

by CCHR Florida | Aug 21, 2017 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

When $20.4 million in federal funding for mental health services in Florida expired recently, those tied directly to this tax-payer funded care began a predictable and loud outcry. Stacey Cook-Hawk, CEO of Salus Care, a Mental Health and Addiction facility in...

Florida Supreme Court Opens The Door For Potential Flood Of Psychiatric Damage Lawsuits

by CCHR Florida | Aug 21, 2017 | Psychiatric Drugs

For too long, victims of psychiatric abuse in Florida have suffered in silence. But on June 26th, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court held that the state’s caps on personal injury for noneconomic damages in medical negligence (such as permanent disability,...