by CCHR Florida | Sep 12, 2017 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & Violence
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog that exposes human rights violations and is dedicated to the protection of children, is holding a month long open house in recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day in...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 17, 2017 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
There is no argument that Michelle Carter urged her 18 year old boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to commit suicide. But some are asking if psychiatric drugs were responsible for her uncaring attitude towards Conrad. On the surface, the facts are agonizingly clear; a young...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 4, 2017 | DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders
Lately Floridians have been subject to accusations of “Florida does not support mental health,” “Florida is 50th in the nation in mental health funding,” and “Florida does not care for its citizens in need.” But instead of caving to these charges, Florida seems to be...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 4, 2017 | Alternatives, DSM, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The American Psychiatric Association recently approached the subject in an article called “Healing the Mind With Nature: Another Tool for Psychiatry” published in their May 3rd 2017 online edition of Psychiatric News. The article cited one practicing psychiatrist who...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2017 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & Violence
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2017 | Children and Teens, Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & Violence
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...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 1, 2016 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & Violence
Jake Lynch, a healthy 14 year old British child was diagnosed with anxiety and put on Prozac in 2013. Just a few weeks later he committed suicide. His parents, Stephanie McGill and John Lynch were devastated. The grieving mother said “My son had no history of...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 18, 2016 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & Violence
Whether teen suicide and anti-depressant drugs are related has been presented as a “controversial subject” by the psychiatric industry. But earlier this year the Telegraph of London squashed psychiatry’s apparent uncertainty. “Antidepressants can raise the risk...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 18, 2016 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Dr. Gregory Ramey is a pediatric psychologist and the executive director for the Center for Pediatric Mental Health Resources at The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Ramey is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Ohio...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 2, 2016 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & Violence
Suicide is the leading cause of death for children age 15 to 24, and studies cite 90% of these teens had some type of “mental health disorder,” with the majority having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.1 The above facts were discovered in an online publication by...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 13, 2016 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Was Baton Rouge cop killer Gavin Long protesting police brutality by murdering three policemen, or was it yet another result of psychiatric drug side effects? This young veteran told his relatives and friends that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, and according...