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...
March is Self-Harm Month: The Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida Offers a Look at the Risks and Possible Solutions
Unfortunately, the natural progression laid out by the psychiatric community often leads to a prescription of psychotropic drugs with no resolution of the original problem. March is annually observed as Self-Harm Awareness Month but unless you are involved in mental...
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: BAKER ACT RIGHTS
When a person is taken into custody under the mental health law in Florida and sent for an involuntary psychiatric examination it can be very scary for them and their friends and family. Commonly referred to as a “Baker Act” the initiation of an involuntary exam, what...
Children’s Mental Health Week: What Parents Need to Know
This February during Children’s Mental Health Week, when industry attention and advertising is focused on children, parents should take a moment to examine what is actually happening in our schools to solicit potential new patients through mental health screening. So...Contact CCHR Florida
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