![Mentally Ill and The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]()
by CCHR Florida | Sep 3, 2012 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Elderly, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse
According to this document, an employer who refused to hire or retain a mentally ill person, even if he were acting strangely due to use of psychiatric drugs would be in violation of the Convention.
by CCHR Florida | Jul 30, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Florida applauds the Surgeon General and the Department of Health for taking action to protect children by recommending against the use of psychotropic drugs for childhood mental health labels such...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Jul 26, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
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...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Jul 10, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
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...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Jun 10, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
America’s mental health crisis is real, but the answer is not to double down on coercion, expand forced treatment, or let federal policy drift toward a one-size-fits-all model that too often puts bureaucracy ahead of people. The recent federal tracker from KFF shows a...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Apr 21, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
Walk into any VA clinic or community mental health center serving veterans in Florida and you will hear the same heartbreaking themes: “I was never told,” “No one warned me,” “They just put me on more pills.” Men and women who once wore the uniform of this country are...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Apr 13, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
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...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Apr 3, 2026
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...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Apr 3, 2026
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...
by Mark Ferguson | Apr 1, 2026
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...
by Mark Ferguson | Mar 23, 2026
News Listen to Me!Host: Pastor Jay J. RodriguezPublished: March 5, 2026The President for the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights went on the air to talk about the newest documentary produced by CCHR. Titled, Prescription for Violence:...
by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Mar 18, 2026 | Opinions & Reports
Biomarkers in psychiatry should be a wake‑up call about missed physical illness, not a green light to double down on labeling people “mentally ill” while their bodies are quietly failing. A story psychiatry should not ignore The USA Today piece opens with a chilling...
by Mark Ferguson | Dec 20, 2025
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...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 20, 2025
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...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 22, 2025 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder in the United States. According to a 2022 CDC study, an estimated 7 million U.S. children aged 3–17 years have been diagnosed with ADHD.1 This staggering epidemic requires a deep look into the accuracy and...
