by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2014 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights
Justina Pelletier is a teenager who was taken away from her parents unnecessarily, forced into psychiatric care and spent nine months in a locked psychiatric ward. This situation is a parent’s worst nightmare. Any parent would be outraged and horrified if this...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2014 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Mass shooter Elliot Rodger was, according to his parents, taking anti-anxiety drug Xanax in the days that led up to his bloody rampage and suicide in Isla Vista California on May 23. Elliot murdered six people and injured thirteen others before taking his life....
by CCHR Florida | May 26, 2014 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
How often, despite the concern of many, are psychiatric medication and gun violence linked, especially in the mass media? It is rare to find even a passing mention of this connection. This is unconscionable, considering that 90% of all multiple-victim violence (from...
by CCHR Florida | May 12, 2014 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Florida medical marijuana just got a boost last week when the Florida House and Senate passed its own medical marijuana bill ahead of the November 2014 ballot initiative vote in which the citizens of Florida will decide if they want medical marijuana to be legal in...
by CCHR Florida | May 2, 2014 | Baker Act, Elderly, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Unfortunately, as we get older, we begin to notice changes in our body and don’t have the same confidence as we did when we were younger. So, sometimes we call upon others for help. For me, that was a big mistake when I asked my niece to take me to the hospital. You...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 21, 2014 | Baker Act, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Jails and Psychiatric Hospitals – Both Bad for Mentally Ill Practically every paper around the country is reporting the story that more mentally ill people are now found in jails than in psychiatric hospitals and mental health facilities. A recent report from the...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 16, 2014 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Come the November election, Florida might drift down the hazy medical marijuana trail blazed by California, Washington, Colorado, the District of Columbia and 17 other states. The issue has been positioned as the Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative,...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 4, 2014 | Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The Signs of Suicide® Prevention Program, a supposed “nationally recognized program designed for middle and high school-age students” is being pushed nationally into many state governments. Ironically, it’s about to be introduced into Newtown High School in Newtown,...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 24, 2014 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
There is plenty of talk today about children being bullied, not fitting in socially, being assessed at school regularly and having trouble with other life problems. This is so common that children are routinely treated for stress, anxiety and depression. More and...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 10, 2014 | Children and Teens, DSM, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Most people are familiar with ADHD and the stimulant drugs that are prescribed for treatment. What most people don’t know is that the information they get about ADHD and/or about ADHD drugs is mostly false, lacking or misleading. Drug companies go to great lengths...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 3, 2014 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
A diagnosis of hyperactive as a legitimate disorder was something Dr. Keith Conners, a psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University worked hard for. Today, with 15% of all high school children supposedly affected by ADHD, one would expect this man to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
In a recent article Consumer Reports explained how too many USA kids are taking antipsychotic medication for no good reason. Consumer Reports has been around since 1936 when mass media advertising began. As an independent, non-profit organization their mission is to...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 25, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
A book published in 2013 has revealed how psychiatrists and drug companies using the labels “bipolar children” and “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD have caused unimaginable harm to children while reaping great profits for themselves. Author...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 22, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Vyvanse side effects are well known to Shire Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer. In fact, Shire was sent an official warning letter by the FDA for withholding important information on this drug’s dangers in 2011. According to the FDA, a promotional magnet was used to...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 22, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The question is, Do I have ADD? The answer according to many experts, is an emphatic “No.” This nonexistent mental disorder was dreamed up by the psychiatric industry in order to promote and sell mind-altering drugs. Outspoken psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin has this...