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Reliance on Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase Suicide Deaths

by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2020 | Mental Health Screening, Parental Rights, Suicide

Due to COVID-19, mental health advocates are predicting that “suicide is likely to become a more pressing concern as the pandemic spreads and has longer-term effects on the general population, the economy, and vulnerable groups”. One solution being offered up is...

Rise in Suicides Prompts CCHR to Call for an Investigation into the Failure of Mental Health Programs

by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2019 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

Since 1949 the month of May has been observed by mental health advocacy groups as Mental Health Awareness Month. Started by Mental Health American as a means of educating individuals on mental health issues for the purpose of providing support for those labeled as...

Study Reports that Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase the Risk of Suicide

by CCHR Florida | Feb 13, 2018 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, 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 an open house this month at their center located at 109 N. Fort Harrison...

Military Suicide Still Ignored by the VA

by CCHR Florida | Aug 18, 2014 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide

A recent field hearing by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held in Roswell, NM introduced a new plan to help the VA provide medical help to veterans in rural parts of the country by allowing them to get medical care in their local private hospitals rather than...

Bath Salts Use Epidemic

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.

Suicide, Mental Health Counseling and Parental Consent

by CCHR Florida | May 18, 2011 | Children and Teens

Could Hope Witsell’s suicide have been prevented? The mental health counseling she received without her parent’s knowledge is an example of the dangers inherent in leaving parents out of the picture. Hope’s story is an excruciating tale of bullying by her...

What is the Goal of TeenScreen?

by CCHR Florida | Dec 14, 2010 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening

Most people take that preventive step towards good health by going to the dentist, doctor or other medical professional for a routine checkup. Since teens today have to deal with peer pressure, bullying, changing hormones and the like, in principle, some may think it...

Reliance on Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase Suicide Deaths

Rise in Suicides Prompts CCHR to Call for an Investigation into the Failure of Mental Health Programs

Study Reports that Suicide Risk Assessments May Increase the Risk of Suicide

Military Suicide Still Ignored by the VA

Bath Salts Use Epidemic

Suicide, Mental Health Counseling and Parental Consent

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