Are Mass Shootings on the Rise?
Recently, there has been some debate about whether mass shootings are on the rise or not. Studies have been done using different kinds of criteria thus resulting in different answers. One study includes gang killings and shootings in the home due to domestic...
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...
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...
Florida’s Mental Health Crisis: Why We Keep Funding What Doesn’t Work
Florida’s mental health system is at a crossroads, and the latest state reports show that the “solutions” being put forward are the same ones that have failed far too many families: more beds, more drugs, more coercive interventions; just with bigger budgets and...Florida’s Elderly Caught in the Crosshairs of the Mental Health System
A Quiet Crisis Behind Locked Doors In facilities across Florida, seniors are being taken from homes, assisted living centers, and hospital beds under a law most of them have never heard of until it is used on them. The Baker Act, intended as an emergency measure for...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,...
Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida — Who We Are
Award-Winning Advocates for Mental Health Human Rights The Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida (CCHR FL) is the award-winning Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an international nonprofit mental health watchdog with chapters...
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NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH
Join us for an eye-opening seminar exploring the variety of effective and safe alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Learn how many options there are that improve mental wellness but avoid the risks, side effects, and long-term consequences of mind-altering drugs and...Statement – SB 54: Use of Substances Affecting Cognitive Function
CCHR has found that a majority of those who have committed acts of violence such as the mass murders that have occurred in recent years, were either on or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs that come with warnings of dangerous side effects. The correlation is not...
Mental Health Awareness Month Open House – Hosted by the Florida Chapter of CCHR
Held in the state headquarters located in Clearwater, the event hopes to education citizens on their mental health human rights and the reformation needed to protect those rights. Clearwater, FL, April 30, 2025 – The month of May is annually observed as “Mental...
Rampant Veteran Suicides in Florida: The Whitewashed Connection
Would you be given to believe that the exceptionally high suicide death rates amongst some of our most deserving, the veterans in Florida, are just a mere accident or more than that? According to the VA, Florida has the highest ratio of veterans to the general...Contact CCHR Florida
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Clearwater, Florida 33755
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