ADHD and the Environment
Our environment today is not the same as it was 50 or 60 years ago. As technology rapidly advances to accommodate the fast paced society we live in, so does the departure from using the natural resources of the environment. Doing things the old fashioned way, which...ADHD—Fact or Fiction?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; is it real? ADHD has become a buzz word, often used to describe children and even adults who are creative, easily distracted or unable to limit their behavior or thoughts to a single task or situation. It has become a...ADHD and the Environment
What is the source of ADHD? Does anyone know for a fact? Psychiatrists will list out the many symptoms, but where is the information that shows where those symptoms are coming from? Where is the test? Keeping that in mind, in an article entitled “8 ADHD Culprits...
Human Rights Expert: Parents Deserve to Be Involved In Their Child’s Mental Health
If you were to read the news or do a simple Google search for mental health and children, you’d be bombarded with stories feigning a mental health crisis among children in the United States, demanding change. However, these stories are spun by the same people...
Mass Acts of Violence in Our Communities, Are We Asking the Right Questions?
More than 30 studies, drug regulatory agency warnings and expert opinion link psychotropic drugs to violent and suicidal behavior. According to a report, “Psychiatric Drugs: Create Violence & Suicide”, written and released by the Citizens Commission on Human...
CCHR Demanding Investigation into Suicide Prevention Failures, Access to Care and Mental Health Funding in Florida
Spending in the mental health market has increased by 52.1% since 2009 yet U.S. suicide rates hit a 50-year historical high. In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of...
The Abject Failure of the Mental Health Industry to Prevent Suicide Should be Investigated
Spending in the mental health market has increased by 52.1% since 2009 yet U.S. suicide rates hit a 50-year historical high. In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of...
Predicting & Preventing Suicide
Predicting & Preventing Suicide In 2018, there were an estimated 1.4 million suicide attempts and more than 48,000 deaths by suicide, making it the tenth leading cause of death in the United States.[i] Recent world events have placed a tremendous amount of...
The Horrors of Addiction – Craving Psychotropics
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
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...
Baker Act Abuse
Florida’s Baker Act in the News The Baker Acting of children in Florida is not “new” news. In fact, the abusive use of this law has been making headlines for years. Some of these stories go viral and reach national and international audiences. Below...
40 Years of Research Suggests Assessments may Increase Risk of Suicide
As International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day approaches, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is questioning the reliance on suicide risk assessments. Observed on November 21st this year, International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day...
Reliance on Risk Assessments Questioned as Suicide Awareness Month Ends
September is nationally recognized as Suicide Awareness Month and the stated intention of this campaign is to “inform and engage health professionals and the general public about suicide prevention and warning signs of suicide”. [1] Each year one solution offered up...
Watchdog Calls into Question Reliance on Risk Assessments During Suicide Awareness Month
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...Contact CCHR Florida
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