by CCHR Florida | Jun 7, 2018 | Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
June has been designated PTSD Awareness Month by the National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The purpose of this designation is to increase awareness of “a mental health problem that may develop after a person has been exposed to … traumatic...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 17, 2017 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
There is no argument that Michelle Carter urged her 18 year old boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to commit suicide. But some are asking if psychiatric drugs were responsible for her uncaring attitude towards Conrad. On the surface, the facts are agonizingly clear; a young...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 29, 2017 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Ketamine, a drug that distorts perceptions wildly, is currently being considered by the psychiatric community as an optional treatment for depression.[1] Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Ketamine as an anesthetic and pain reliever, this...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 4, 2017 | Alternatives, DSM, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The American Psychiatric Association recently approached the subject in an article called “Healing the Mind With Nature: Another Tool for Psychiatry” published in their May 3rd 2017 online edition of Psychiatric News. The article cited one practicing psychiatrist who...
by CCHR Florida | May 22, 2017 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
Initial evidence points to the anti-anxiety medicine Ativan as the cause for Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell’s untimely death. Chris was found dead Thursday morning following his concert in Detroit the night before. Why did this artist who had been happily married...
by CCHR Florida | May 22, 2017 | Alternatives, ECT, Elderly, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Why do psychiatrists increasingly treat the elderly with electro convulsive therapy (ECT)? One of the greatest fears of those approaching old age is memory loss. The fading or complete disappearance of one’s major life events and precious memories is a horrifying...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 19, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Five more people have lost their lives to an out of control man under the care of a psychiatrist. Arcan Cetin had been diagnosed with ADHD, depression and autism. Records show that doctors were gravely concerned about their patient. [1] Unfortunately this concern was...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 13, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Was Baton Rouge cop killer Gavin Long protesting police brutality by murdering three policemen, or was it yet another result of psychiatric drug side effects? This young veteran told his relatives and friends that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, and according...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 16, 2016 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Considering that twenty percent of Americans are taking psychiatric drugs, it may be hard to believe that the psychiatric drug industry is actually in trouble. But psychiatrists themselves say they have no clue why their drugs affect the mental state of their...