Opinions & Reports
A Professional “Home” for Psychedelics Is Not Proof They Work
Alternate headlines: Veterans Deserve Evidence, Not a New Psychedelic Division Before Psychology Builds a House for Psychedelics, Check the Foundation When a profession wants to make something feel settled, it builds infrastructure first. It forms a committee, offers...
Nearly $16 Billion Later, Suicide Prevention Is Failing Our Kids. It Is Time to Demand Real Solutions
Last week Florida State University announced a $500,000 federal suicide prevention grant, matched by the university for a $1 million initiative. The plan is to expand screening, crisis response and referrals, and to train at least 4,000 students, employees and campus...
Florida Mothers Need Relief from Pressure—Not More Psychiatric Labels
Florida mothers are under real strain. They are juggling work, rising costs, child care, school concerns, family responsibilities and the everyday uncertainty that comes with raising children. But the answer to those pressures is not to convince mothers, and their...
Florida’s Guidance Against Psychiatric Drugging of Children Is a Start. The Legislature Needs to Finish the Job.
When Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo and the Florida Department of Health issued guidance on July 24, 2026 recommending against the use of psychotropic drugs to treat children ages 5 to 17 for depression, anxiety, and attention-deficit-related disorders,...
CCHR Florida Applauds Florida Surgeon General for Action to Protect Children From Psychotropic Drugging
The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Florida applauds the Surgeon General and the Department of Health for taking action to protect children by recommending against the use of psychotropic drugs for childhood mental health labels such...
Chemical Restraints Are Not Care: Protecting Florida’s Seniors
CCHR Florida’s concern As President of CCHR Florida, I hear from families across our state who are deeply worried about how their elderly loved ones are treated once they are labeled with depression, anxiety, dementia, or “behavior problems.” Instead of thorough...
America Needs Honest Mental Health Reform
A recent article in Popular Information tries to cast Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Trump administration, and critics of psychiatric overprescribing as reckless zealots. That narrative is politically convenient, but it is not an honest description of what the...
CCHR QUARTERLY REPORT: Psychiatric Drug Prescribing in Involuntary Settings — What Happens When Florida Locks the Door
Executive Summary Florida's mental health law, commonly referred to as the Baker Act, gives the state the power to detain individuals for up to 72 hours of involuntary psychiatric examination. What happens to those individuals once the door to a Baker Act Receiving...
Florida Is Locking Up Kids for Profit — And We Have the Receipts
Imagine dropping your child off at school in the morning and receiving a phone call hours later telling you they've been transported to a psychiatric facility; without your knowledge, without your consent, and without any opportunity to say goodbye. This is not a...
Mental Health Reform Means Less Coercion, More Rights
America’s mental health crisis is real, but the answer is not to double down on coercion, expand forced treatment, or let federal policy drift toward a one-size-fits-all model that too often puts bureaucracy ahead of people. The recent federal tracker from KFF shows a...