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 | Jan 27, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders
We would all agree that child mental health is an important issue in society. Recent trends might lead us to believe that mental illness is on the rise, and that modern “science” is now properly labeling the countless “mental disorders” that children, adults and the...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 16, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Rights
Parents send their children off to school every day in hopes of them getting a good education and growing up to be mature responsible adults. But what about child mental health? Is that something you want addressed at your child’s school? Are you aware of any sort...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 29, 2011 | Legislation, Mental Health Screening
Feds may act if Florida stalls on health-reform law, March 24, 2011 WASHINGTON — If Florida leaders refuse to carry out the new national health care law, Uncle Sam is prepared to take charge on behalf of the state’s consumers… ...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 1, 2021 | Mental Health Screening, 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...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 24, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Parental Rights
Viewed as a statewide problem, the number of children sent for involuntary psychiatric examinations, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing for almost two decades and with many parents only finding out their child has been taken into custody after the fact, it...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights
In a campaign to remove the stigma attached to mental illness, advocates have created numerous observance days, weeks and months which is why August is known as “National Health Center Week”. This observance week focuses on treatment and education with the underlying...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2020 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Rights
Even before the current pandemic scare, Florida parents have worried about protecting their children, particularly at school. The fact that children were being regularly taken from school without prior parental notice or agreement for involuntary psychiatric...
by Mark Ferguson | Feb 6, 2020
Parents' Bill of RightsOn July 1, 2021, Florida’s Parents’ Bill of Rights became law. As a parent, you need to know and understand these rights. CCHR has created a series of 15-30 second videos to help explain some of these rights as well as a simple booklet that can...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 14, 2019 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The spate of recent mass shootings has prompted the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) to reiterate the urgent need for State and a Federal government investigation into the irrefutable link between psychotropic drugs and...
by CCHR Florida | May 30, 2019 | Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Suicide
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog dedicated to the protection of children, unveiled a new exhibit in Tallahassee designed to educate lawmakers on the dangerous side effects of psychiatric drugs and the possible connection between...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 27, 2016 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog organization dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, is demanding an investigation into the link between antidepressants and teen suicides....
by CCHR Florida | Jul 25, 2016 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) has teamed up with psychiatrists and drug manufacturers in what has been called a “genocide-for-profit” scheme. Native American children are being removed from their homes, placed into foster care homes...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 29, 2016 | Baker Act, DSM, ECT, Fraud, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, has held over 100 events and toured more than 3,000 people through the Psychiatry: An Industry of...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2013 | DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, recently phoned up Johnson & Johnson, a large drug maker, asking them to help get more people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act health insurance program. According to the New York Times, she also rang up...