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 | 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 24, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
It is true that children can be inattentive, unfocused, fidgety and hyperactive. Children are not adults and should not be expected to behave like one in class or any other place. Boys especially can have a lot of energy but it doesn’t mean they have a “mental disorder.”
by CCHR Florida | Aug 17, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
It’s time to look at how your physical health affects your mind. Historically, if you had any “mental illness” type symptoms, you were either deemed crazy, sent to a shrink, locked up or all three. But where are those “mental” symptoms coming from? Is it logical to think that they randomly appear out of nowhere? Of course not. It is logical that the human body can develop a physical ailment or deficiency which could be detrimental to your mental well-being.
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 23, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Due to the supposed outbreak of poor mental health in America, TeenScreen was created at Columbia University in 2003. It came into being under a commission on mental health during George W. Bush’s administration. The TeenScreen program recommends that adolescent...
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...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 21, 2012 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Recently USA Today ran an article about a new app called “WhatsMyM3”. This is an app designed to determine if you are at risk for depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder or PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). It is not based on any medical or scientific testing and is entirely subjective, leading the person straight into the hands of mental health practitioners.
by CCHR Florida | Jun 21, 2012 | Baker Act, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Synthetic Marijuana, also referred to as K-2 or Spice, is potentially deadly. This tragic story shows the consequences of young people smoking this drug.
by CCHR Florida | Jun 15, 2012 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Autism has become a diagnosis that is more prevalent in the U.S and the use of psychotropic drugs poses a threat to the well-being of these children.
by CCHR Florida | Jun 15, 2012 | Baker Act, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
Bath salts, synthetic marijuana and other chemical substances are dangerous to the individual and anyone around them. More than half of the people who abuse these substances have been on psychotropic drugs previously. Learn what the warnings are on these drugs.
by CCHR Florida | Jun 8, 2012 | Baker Act, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Marijuana laced with PCP is gaining popularity with young people. The bizarre behavior associated with embalming fluid laced weed has resulted in people being placed in psychiatric hospitals, where further damage may be done.