Children Misdiagnosed with Mental Health Issues
Behavioral disorders are often “treated” by the mental health community, with mind-altering drugs. Medical doctors exist who can do traditional medical testing to evidence potential underlying physical causes of unwanted behavior. Some children actually have a sleeping disorder similar to the childrens’ story “Sleeping Beauty”.
Warning: Tamiflu Causes Mental Health Issues
Tamiflu causes delusions, hallucinations, suicide and psychosis. With potentially such serious adverse side effects, it should have an FDA warning but it does not.
Alternative Mental Health is the Only Logical Answer
It’s time to look at how your physical health affects your mind. Historically, if you had any “mental illness” type symptoms, you were either deemed crazy, sent to a shrink, locked up or all three. But where are those “mental” symptoms coming from? Is it logical to think that they randomly appear out of nowhere? Of course not. It is logical that the human body can develop a physical ailment or deficiency which could be detrimental to your mental well-being.
Mental Health America-Ridiculous Diagnoses in the 21st Century
The professions that are supposedly in charge of mental health in America have become a danger to our citizens and a sad joke to many, even to those who practice in this field. Paula Caplan, a clinical and research psychologist is one of those brave enough to question...Is Child Mental Illness Worsening Or Is the Definition Expanding?
We would all agree that child mental health is an important issue in society. Recent trends might lead us to believe that mental illness is on the rise, and that modern “science” is now properly labeling the countless “mental disorders” that children, adults and the...Mental Health Issues – Depression and Exercise
For those with mental health issues, there is promising news. Many studies have shown that exercise lowers depression. Using exercise as a way to beat the blues is a much safer alternative than taking psychotropic drugs with their abundance of dangerous side effects....
Recent Study Calls Psychological Assessments “Junk Science”
In a campaign to remove the stigma attached to mental illness, advocates have created numerous observance days, weeks and months which is why August is known as “National Health Center Week”. This observance week focuses on treatment and education with the underlying...
The Numbers Don’t Lie — But the System Does
Florida Baker-Acted 161,000 People Last Year. Why Is No One Asking Whether It Worked? Last year, Florida law enforcement officers, nurses, and physicians stripped 161,576 people of their freedom; not because they had committed a crime, not because they had been...The Psychiatric Drug Crisis: A Comprehensive Overview
Introduction: A Nation Heavily Medicated The United States has become one of the most heavily medicated nations in the world when it comes to psychiatric drugs. Approximately one in six Americans (close to 17% of the population) is taking some form of psychotropic...Florida’s Baker Act: A Comprehensive Overview of What It Is, How It’s Being Abused, and What You Can Do About It
What Is the Baker Act? Florida’s Mental Health Act of 1971, commonly known as the Baker Act, was named after state Representative Maxine Baker, who championed it out of concern for the civil rights of people in psychiatric hospitals. The law allows for the...Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence Against Electroshock
What Is ECT? Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock therapy, is a psychiatric procedure that sends electricity through the brain (up to 460 volts) producing a surge of electrical activity that results in a grand mal seizure. During the procedure,...
CCHR QUARTERLY REPORT: Evidence That Coercive Psychiatric Detention Fails and Harms Those It Purports to Help
Executive Summary Florida’s Baker Act, the Florida Mental Health Act of 1971, authorizes law enforcement, health professionals, and courts to involuntarily detain individuals experiencing a mental health crisis for up to 72-hour psychiatric examinations. The...INSIDE CCHR: HATTING WORKSHOP
YOU ARE INVITED TO INSIDE CCHR: HATTING WORKSHOP FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH • 6:30PM Gather to hear the latest updates on CCHR Florida and its assault on psychiatric abuse. Get in the know on current strategies and what you can do to help. Learn how to confront...
THE BAKER ACT: LEARN YOUR RIGHTS
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SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH • 2PM
Learn the truth about the Baker Act—Florida’s mental health law which allows for involuntary psychiatric commitment. Find out what it is, how it’s used, and how to protect against unlawful or abusive Baker Acts.
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