Watchdog Campaign to Restore Parental Rights Reaches Over 370,000

Recognized across the state for helping parents whose children have been taken to a psychiatric facility for involuntary examination under Florida’s mental health law, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)...

Staffer sexually abused 19-year-old at Tampa Community Hospital, lawsuit says

The woman, who was not named in the lawsuit, was admitted on June 3, 2018 to undergo a mental health evaluation. She was then sexually groomed and abused by employee Frank Lasso during her five-day stay, according to...

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...

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches Over 330,000 in Campaign to Protect Parental Rights

Recognized across the state for their work in helping parents whose children have been taken to a psychiatric facility for involuntary examination under Florida’s mental health law, the Citizens Commission on Human...

Tens of Thousands of Children Detained for Involuntary Psychiatric Examination Annually

The number of children taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination has been steadily increasing in Florida for almost two decades and according to the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on...

Over 260,000 Reached in Campaign to Educate Parents on Their Rights

Earlier this year the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) launched a social media campaign designed to provide summaries of some of the legal concepts, rights, and facts relating to...

Florida’s Emergency Psychiatric Hold is a Human Rights Violation

Once again Florida made headlines when Reason, the nation's leading libertarian magazine, published an investigative report on police in schools. While the story was mostly focused on School Resource Officers it also...

Mental Health Watchdog Reaches More Than 180,000 Through Parental Rights Campaign

As part of a campaign to educate parents on their rights, the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a watchdog organization that exposes abuse in the mental health industry, launched a...

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...

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...

Mental Health Watchdog Launches Website to Educate Parents on Their Rights

Earlier this month the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an international mental health watchdog organization, launched a newly revised website designed to help parents understand some...

What are Parental 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...

Six-year-old Allegedly Forcibly Drugged in Psychiatric Facility: CCHR Demanding Answers

With all the media coverage and outrage over six-year-old Nadia Falk’s forced stay and alleged drugging in a Florida psychiatric facility this February, a deeper question is raised. What is the justification for...

Baker Act Reform Continues to Leave Parents Out of the Solution

The mental health law in Florida, commonly called the Baker Act, allows for anyone, no matter their age, to be taken into custody for an involuntary psychiatric examination. This includes children and during 2017-2018...

Mental Health Watchdog Hosts Legal Symposium Highlighting Baker Act Abuse Prevention

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) hosted its fifth conference on the Baker Act which has been notoriously featured in the headlines for the past few months due to very young children...