by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2014 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
It’s been about sixteen months since the tragic Sandy Hook shooting. Following the unnecessary deaths of twenty children, aged six and seven years old, plus six adults, one would think that something would have been done by now to prevent another similar incident. ...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 9, 2014 | Fraud, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Another shooting incident happened this week at the Army base in Ft. Hood, Texas. A US soldier named Ivan Lopez age34 shot and killed three fellow soldiers and wounded 16 others before killing himself. In early press reports officials revealed that last month Lopez...
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 29, 2014 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
School courses that teach students about suicide and dealing with death do lead to more suicide attempts despite claims to the contrary in The Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide booklet given out widely in Florida. This booklet, sponsored by SAMHSA (The...
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 5, 2013 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Bullying has become a threat to our children’s happiness and welfare. Despite bullying laws in Florida and elsewhere, the intimidation continues. In a 2013 Florida statutes states that Bullying “includes cyberbullying and means systematically and chronically...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 28, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
A company named SACCADE Diagnostics has developed a new eye movement testing procedure called SaccScan which claims to diagnosis schizophrenics by studying their eye movements. Their spokesman is Mr Madhu Nair, a technology entrepreneur experienced in developing...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 15, 2013 | Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Miram Carey, a dental hygienist who lived in Stamford, Conn., was shot to death in her car by Washington D.C. law enforcement personnel on Oct. 3rd 2013 following a high speed chase along streets leading from the White House to the Capitol Building. Her one year old...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 4, 2013 | Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
One third of Americans are believed to be obese and another third are thought to be overweight. This is clearly a national problem, but the American Medical Association has recently classified obesity as a disease. As a result, there will be more focus on obesity...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 13, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Florida Medicaid is in the news again as a new investigation into the over prescription of atypical antipsychotic drugs for treating symptoms in very young children was just launched at the Federal level by the Inspector General’s Office at the Department of Health...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 6, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Like it or not, drugs and alcohol have always been a part of college life. Most college students use these recreationally and some go one step further and become dependent on one or the other or both. Some students have also taken amphetamines, otherwise known as...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 28, 2013 | ECT, Mental Illness, Rights
ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) was recently promoted as a benign psychiatric treatment making a great comeback according to an article in USA Today that was repeated in many newspapers throughout Florida. Today electroconvulsive therapy is done with patients hooked...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 12, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
In a New York Times article published in March of 2019, the serious side effects of those coming off psychiatric SSRI drugs is explored. Apparently, doctors have been downplaying horrific symptoms lasting from months to years. Symptoms such as these: Insomnia Surges...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 29, 2013 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
These days one is led to believe that there are an awful lot of adults and children suffering from ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder and an endless list of other “mental disorders.” The mental health system routinely diagnoses “disorders” but offers no cures. ...