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Involuntary Commitment Law in Florida

Involuntary Commitment Law in Florida

by CCHR Florida | Apr 27, 2015 | Baker Act - Find Out More button

Mental Health Involuntary Commitment In Florida, the Involuntary Commitment law is referred to as the Baker Act. If someone you know has been involuntarily committed, you have the right to be fully informed about the step-by-step procedure of involuntary commitment as...
The Baker Act—Addressing Fraudulent Involuntary Commitment

The Baker Act—Addressing Fraudulent Involuntary Commitment

by CCHR Florida | Apr 27, 2015 | Baker Act - Find Out More button

When authoring the administrative rules for the Baker Act, the Department of Children and Families omitted a rule that would assist authorities in understanding the criteria for invoking state authority to force psychiatric examination. Despite writing numerous other...
Baker Act – FREE HELP & INFORMATION CALL 800-782-2878

Baker Act – FREE HELP & INFORMATION CALL 800-782-2878

by CCHR Florida | Apr 27, 2015 | Baker Act - Find Out More button

What are the time boundaries for the person who has been sent for an involuntary psychiatric examination? Commonly called a Baker Act, involuntary psychiatric examination is a topic that is often misunderstood and misapplied – even by those professionals who are...
Abuse of Florida Involuntary Commitment Law – Baker Act

Abuse of Florida Involuntary Commitment Law – Baker Act

by CCHR Florida | Apr 27, 2015 | Baker Act - Find Out More button

Personal Story of One Person’s Nightmare! Please Watch. Abuse of the Florida involuntary commitment law-the Baker Act- is rampant and what is consistent with each case of abuse, is a misunderstanding, by those who initiate the commitment, as to what the law...
More Shady Behavior Found In the World of Psychiatric Drugs

More Shady Behavior Found In the World of Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Apr 21, 2015 | Psychiatric Drugs

“The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry” just published an article in which a host of MD’s and PhD’s explored the idea that many individuals who use antidepressants have no current or lifetime history of mental disorders. Of those currently taking anti-depressant drugs,...
Does Ritalin Stifle Creativity?

Does Ritalin Stifle Creativity?

by CCHR Florida | Apr 21, 2015 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Looking at a Questionable Treatment in a New Light Some astute researchers hypothesize youngsters’ creativity is being extinguished by Ritalin. Jeffrey Zaslow, reporter for The Wall Street Journal asks “whether the Ritalin Revolution will sap tomorrow’s work...
Does Psychiatry Offer Cures?

Does Psychiatry Offer Cures?

by CCHR Florida | Apr 21, 2015 | DSM, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

When it comes to curing anyone of a mental disorder, psychiatrists and psychologists are shameless in admitting failure. Eminent psychologist Tyrone D. Cannon, Ph.D and professor of psychology at Yale University openly states: “Many people wonder whether psychiatric...
Germanwings Plane Crash Now Linked to Psychiatric Drugs

Germanwings Plane Crash Now Linked to Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2015 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

On March 24, 2015 a Germanwings Airbus A320 owned by Lufthansa crashed in the French Alps instantly killing all 144 passengers and 6 crew. The true story has slowly developed and is still evolving but here are some facts that have been revealed by the investigators...
Exposing Psychiatric Criminality at the University of Minnesota

Exposing Psychiatric Criminality at the University of Minnesota

by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2015 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

Part 2 of a 2 Part Series The first part of this series explored the suspension of psychiatric drug trials at the University of Minnesota due to the unethical and factually criminal behavior on the part of psychiatrists handling the program. But why did the university...
Exposing Psychiatric Criminality at the University of Minnesota

Psychiatric Drug Trials Suspended at University of Minnesota

by CCHR Florida | Apr 4, 2015 | Baker Act, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

Part 1 of a 2 Part Series On March 19th, 2015 psychiatric drug trials at the University of Minnesota were finally halted over a case that began in May of 2004 when Dan Makingson, participating in a test of a schizophrenia drug, committed suicide. The Minnesota State...
Exposing Psychiatric Criminality at the University of Minnesota

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Resurgence Despite Brain Damage

by CCHR Florida | Mar 31, 2015 | Baker Act, ECT, Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Rights

ECT seems to be enjoying a renaissance of use. Perhaps those in the “mental health” industry are hedging their bets for the future, when outraged adults (having been assaulted with psychiatric pharmaceuticals during childhood) choose to sue for damages. After all,...

Florida School Sends Bullying Victim to Mental Hospital

by CCHR Florida | Mar 24, 2015 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights

Parents never quite know what might happen when they send their child off for a routine day of public schooling here in Florida. Alishia Montelongo went off to classes at Wolfson High School in the Duval County School District in Jacksonville, Fl. on Monday, March...

SalusCare, Inc. – Mental Treatment or Mental Harm?

by CCHR Florida | Mar 12, 2015 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders

SalusCare Inc. is just another mental health care arm stretching tentacles into an unsuspecting community, fishing for consumers. With a purpose couched in “help,” prospective clients are reeled in, fed psychiatric propaganda, diagnosed with one or several...
Baker Act Is Harmful Not Helpful

Baker Act Is Harmful Not Helpful

by CCHR Florida | Feb 6, 2015 | Alternatives, Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

The Baker Act is the name of the mental health law in Florida and it covers all aspects of mental health including involuntary examination and commitment.  This is the law that is initiated to send a person against their will for involuntary examination at a...
Big Pharma and Psychiatrists Are Bad Medicine

Big Pharma and Psychiatrists Are Bad Medicine

by CCHR Florida | Jan 29, 2015 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

The truth about the actual business model of big pharma and psychiatrists has been researched and documented at a new level of detail by a well respected physician and scientist from Denmark. Peter C Gøtzsche, is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis, and...
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