by CCHR Florida | Nov 30, 2011 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
“More than 8% of children in foster care have received antipsychotic medication, and just over one quarter of those in foster care who also receive disability benefits take these drugs, according to a recent studyin the journal Pediatrics… The numbers...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 27, 2011 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons
CCHR Florida Attended the Largest Conference in the state of Florida, attended by Parents, Teachers, Social Workers, Attorneys, Psychologists and Non-profits… STAND Conference 2011: The Statewide Network on Disabilities Network on Disabilities’ 5th...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 5, 2011 | Disabled Persons, Psychiatric Drugs
The information on the harms of psychiatric drugging was of real value to these activists. One of the hardest issues they face on a grass roots level is that a parent with a child on psychotropic drugs receives disability payments as a financial incentive. We...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 18, 2011 | Disabled Persons, Psychiatric Disorders
Boston Globe Some in Congress look at incentives in disability benefit By Patricia Wen Key members of Congress are demanding an investigation into whether a fast-growing, $10 billion federal disability program designed to serve poor disabled children is...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 9, 2009 | Disabled Persons
Sun Sentinel Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities has its own psychotropic drug problem July 1, 2009 By: Howard M. Talenfeld and Maria E. Abate The use of dangerous prescription medications for children and adults in residential and group home facilities...