The Legalization of Marijuana Part 1 of 2
If you live here in Florida it’s not too early to be thinking about the 2016 election. Not the excitement of the well-publicized presidential race but the stealth movement working behind the scenes to legalize marijuana in the state of Florida. For sure, there...
Mental Health Reform Bill Strengthened
Ironically, the “Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act,” legislation first introduced in 2013, was supposedly in response to the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Possibly legislators Tim Murphy and Eddie Bernice Johnson, who reintroduced the...
Could Your Child’s Psychological Disorder be a Food Allergy?
When you think of allergies, you probably think of sneezing fits and itchy eyes. It might surprise you to know that there could be other, more dramatic symptoms. Nutritional consultant, Tarilee Cornish, advises that food allergies can create a host of apparent...
Latest Mental Illness Gene Study Targets Artists
Psychiatrists are always eager to get their hands on artists and provide them with the very best in drug and electric shock treatments. The idea that artists must be crazy in order to produce art combines well with the idea that when the artist’s madness gets the best...
Psychiatry’s Descent to Absurdity
Psychiatry is performing a balancing act with blinders on. With every new addition of the DSM, their absurdist theories on mental disorders steer them toward a resounding crash. Joachim Hagopian, a practicing licensed psychotherapist for over 25 years, has made some...
Warning: Your Pediatrician is now Encouraged to Look for Mental Health Disorders in Your Child
Mental health disorders in a child are being diagnosed with more frequency than ever. The American Academy of Pediatrics states “Developmental screening is a regular part of comprehensive pediatric care, but physicians should routinely expand on that model to include...
Involuntary Commitment – (Florida Baker Act) — Rights of Individuals
One of the most difficult things regarding involuntary commitment, is understanding what rights the patient, and his or her family members have. Most people find it very difficult to sort through the very complex language of the involuntary commitment law. In the...Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is an international nonprofit mental health watchdog with chapters the world over. Co-founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus Dr. Thomas Szasz at a time when patients were being...SalusCare, Inc. – Mental Treatment or Mental Harm?
SalusCare Inc. is just another mental health care arm stretching tentacles into an unsuspecting community, fishing for consumers. With a purpose couched in “help,” prospective clients are reeled in, fed psychiatric propaganda, diagnosed with one or several...
Baker Act Is Harmful Not Helpful
The Baker Act is the name of the mental health law in Florida and it covers all aspects of mental health including involuntary examination and commitment. This is the law that is initiated to send a person against their will for involuntary examination at a...Psychiatrists Admit Popular Sedatives are Dangerous for the Elderly
The Dec 17th issue of “The Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry” (JAMA Psychiatry) contained a paper describing the over prescribing of a class of sedatives or tranquilizers called benzodiazepines. “Benzos” are all related in chemical...Mental Health Care not the Solution to Workplace Violence
The knee-jerk proclamation of journalists stating violent behavior is the result of “insufficient mental health care” is based on junk science, with absolutely no evidence to back it up. Even Psychology Today admits the evidence for psychiatric medications being the...Depression Screening for Pregnant Moms- What does this Mean?
Depression screening for pregnant moms has become almost commonplace. Central Hillsborough Healthy Start (CHHS) in Florida has a purported mission to save babies. They quote “Sixteen of every 1,000 babies born in central Hillsborough County die before their first...Why Mental Health Care Stigma Exists
Some psychiatrists and mental health workers complain that the very subject of mental health, as well as mental health patients themselves, have a social stigma to overcome. The mental health workers say there is not enough mental health coverage due to this “stigma,”...Contact CCHR Florida
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