The Baker Act Webinar
Understand the mental health Law in Florida.
Parental Rights Seminar
In order to ensure that parents know their rights, CCHR Florida is hosting a free seminar.
Parental Rights Open House
Inviting Parents To Know More About Their Rights About this event Join us to bring awareness and resources to parents and professionals about parental rights. How can a parent exert those rights as it relates to the health, mental health, education and...
Parental Rights Seminar
The better parents know their rights, the better they will be able to guide the education, health and mental health of their children.
Baker Act Defense Attorney Symposium & Summit VII
Attorney Class on the Florida Baker Act About this event The Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida presents the Baker Act Defense Attorney Symposium & Summit VII B.A.D.A.S.S. VII – Virtual Class for Defense Attorneys Learning Objectives: 1....
The Baker Act Webinar (3 CE)
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
The Baker Act Webinar (3 CE)
Free Webinar on the Florida Mental Health Law, the Baker Act. Hear from a law expert. (3 CE Credits) About this event Join us for a complimentary Zoom Webinar. The Baker Act in Florida allows a child, an adult or an elder to be involuntarily sent for a psychiatric...
Failing Florida’s Children, Foster Care & the Baker Act.
Join an instructional webinar for child advocates regarding the foster care system and the Baker Act. About this Event Please join us as we discuss options of improvement for the overall system and neglected children’s rights. In the United States, 470,000...
Recent Study Calls Psychological Assessments “Junk Science”
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...
Baker Act Reform is Needed in Order to Protect Parental Rights
The number of children being taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination, called a Baker Act, has been steadily climbing across Florida for the past 17 years. And in February of this year, the trauma suffered during a Baker Act and the resultant harm...
Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 100,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights
Last month the Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida (CCHR), launched a revised website and a campaign designed to help parents understand some of their rights. While parental rights have historically been viewed as fundamental, an erosion of these rights has...
Parental Rights
Introduction On 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...Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging
All 50 states now require an informed consent document be signed before medical treatment of either a physical or mental nature. A psychiatrist, like a medical doctor, is required to tell his patient of any benefits, risks and alternatives to his proposed treatment....
Brand New Powerful Video from CCHR Florida
The FDA places strong warnings on mental health drugs. Unfortunately most people are not fully informed of the risks of these drugs prior to taking them. This video will open your eyes to the truth about mental health drugs.
Psychiatry—Stealing Children
When a mother in Michigan noticed that the pills being prescribed to her daughter were making her condition worse and not better, she stopped giving her daughter the medications. That’s when the real trouble began! When Child Protective Services found out that the...Contact CCHR Florida
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