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ECT: Psychiatric Abuse of Elderly Patients

ECT: Psychiatric Abuse of Elderly Patients

by CCHR Florida | May 22, 2017 | Alternatives, ECT, Elderly, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

Why do psychiatrists increasingly treat the elderly with electro convulsive therapy (ECT)? One of the greatest fears of those approaching old age is memory loss. The fading or complete disappearance of one’s major life events and precious memories is a horrifying...
Psychiatry: Stop Funding the Fraud

Psychiatry: Stop Funding the Fraud

by CCHR Florida | Apr 27, 2017 | DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The primary product of psychiatry seems to be an increase in the number of normal behaviors categorized as mental illnesses, which has skyrocketed sales for drug companies. Even mental health professionals are complaining about the meteoric rise in psychiatric...
Psychiatry: Stop Funding the Fraud

Crocodile Tears: Florida Mental Health Begs More University Funds

by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2017 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

In a bid to gain more taxpayer money, University System of Florida members are recommending an expansion of their mental health programs on campus. Dr. Andy King, counseling center director for the University of Florida pleaded with lawmakers. “It may not be...
Psychiatry: Stop Funding the Fraud

Florida Airport Shooter: Another Example of Psychiatric Drug Induced Violence?

by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2017 | Fraud, Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

  Esteban Santiago checked in a single bag holding a handgun when he made the trip from Alaska to Fort Lauderdale in January 2017. Upon arrival, he recovered the gun from baggage claim, loaded it in a bathroom stall and opened fire on innocent travelers, killing...
Mental Health Funding – Propping up a Fraudulent System

Mental Health Funding – Propping up a Fraudulent System

by CCHR Florida | Mar 26, 2017 | Baker Act, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

PR men hired by pharmaceutical companies and psychiatric vested interests have created a false world peopled by millions of the “under served” mentally ill. According to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) 1 out of 5 adults suffer from mental illness in any...
Mental Health Legislation: Good-Hearted People Swayed by Vested Interests

Mental Health Legislation: Good-Hearted People Swayed by Vested Interests

by CCHR Florida | Mar 16, 2017 | Legislation, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

What is at the heart of a new demand for mental health legislation in Florida? Obviously, Floridians love to help. Most all of us would stop and assist a lost child, happily provide food to hungry veterans or provide holiday gifts to families in need. Seemingly it is...
Psychiatric Goofs: Physical Conditions Mimicking Mental Disorders

Psychiatric Goofs: Physical Conditions Mimicking Mental Disorders

by CCHR Florida | Feb 7, 2017 | Alternatives, Baker Act, Legislation, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

  Florida law currently requires that anyone sent for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation be given a physical examination within 24 hours of their arrival at a psychiatric facility. Since there are over 100 physical ailments that can mock a psychiatric...
Mental Health Legislation: Good-Hearted People Swayed by Vested Interests

Psychotic Behavior Created Artificially

by CCHR Florida | Feb 1, 2017 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Our police officers are on the front line of any disturbance in the social fiber, including handling those who appear mentally ill. An unstable individual with a deadly weapon can be formidable and unpredictable. But how many violent people are also mentally ill? An...
Mental Health Funding – Propping up a Fraudulent System

Mental Health Legislation: Good-Hearted People Swayed by Vested Interests

by CCHR Florida | Jan 27, 2017 | Alternatives, ECT, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

What is at the heart of a new demand for mental health legislation in Florida? Obviously, Floridians love to help. Most all of us would stop and assist a lost child, happily provide food to hungry veterans or provide holiday gifts to families in need. Seemingly it is...
Systematic Abuse in Florida UHS Facilities Brought To Light By Investigation

Systematic Abuse in Florida UHS Facilities Brought To Light By Investigation

by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2017 | Baker Act, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Are UHS Psychiatric Facilities in Florida Motivated by Profit? In a word, yes. Universal Health Services (UHS), is a corporation that owns over 200 psychiatric facilities in the USA and it’s under investigation by various federal and state authorities for its careless...
The Real Cause Behind School Shootings

The Real Cause Behind School Shootings

by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2017 | Children and Teens, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

While some have linked school shootings to “lack of mental health services” and hint that there would be fewer such incidents if people were under the watchful eye of mental health specialists, the true facts are either buried or obscured. A recent Fox News report...
Psychiatry: Stop Funding the Fraud

Seattle Mall Shooter was on Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Dec 19, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Five more people have lost their lives to an out of control man under the care of a psychiatrist. Arcan Cetin had been diagnosed with ADHD, depression and autism. Records show that doctors were gravely concerned about their patient. [1] Unfortunately this concern was...
Something Worse than Electroshock Therapy?

Something Worse than Electroshock Therapy?

by CCHR Florida | Dec 1, 2016 | ECT, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

When psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy fail to relieve a patient’s depression, psychiatrists report he has “treatment-resistant depression”. This patient is then a prime candidate for any experimental lunacy that the profession dreams up because the poor...
ECT: Documented Dangers

ECT: Documented Dangers

by CCHR Florida | Dec 1, 2016 | ECT, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide

ECT is in the news again, with vested interests pushing this barbaric torture device as an actual “therapy” and attempting to broaden its use by sneaking it in through the 21st Century Cures Act. Disturbingly, this proposal – given new life through a complicated...
Mental Health Funding – Propping up a Fraudulent System

Chilling Federal Mental Health Proposal

by CCHR Florida | Nov 2, 2016 | Children and Teens, Elderly, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The “Comprehensive Agenda on Mental Health” [1] calls for a massive expansion by the federal government for the funding and development of more psychiatric mental health treatment for Americans. The agenda statement runs over 5,000 words and cites 25 references from...
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