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CCHR Condemns FDA’S Approval of Electricity-Zapping for “ADHD” Kids

by CCHR Florida | Apr 30, 2019 | Children and Teens, ECT, Psychiatric Disorders

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a device to zap a low-level electrical pulse through the forehead of 7-12 year olds as treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). [1] But the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human...

Hooked on Psychiatric Drugs? Mental Health Watchdog, CCHR, Advises Reporting the Abuse and to Take Action

by CCHR Florida | Apr 9, 2019 | DSM, Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog—one of the first groups to expose the violence and suicide-inducing effects of antidepressants in 1989—are advising people to report psychotropic drug adverse...

CCHR Warns Officials on Dangers of Mental Health Screenings

by CCHR Florida | Mar 13, 2019 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR, is cautioning decision makers on the use of mental health screenings in their efforts to counteract violence in schools and communities. Citing psychiatric admissions that mental health screenings...

Veteran’s Rights Seminar

by CCHR Florida | Jan 7, 2019

Everyone has heard of PTSD. What you may not hear is that today, with militaries of the world awash in psychiatry and psychiatric drugs, 15 soldiers and veterans are committing suicide every day. But, why? “We have never drugged our troops to this extent...

CCHR Warns Officials: Mental Health Screening and Psychotropic Drugs Can Contribute to Violence

by CCHR Florida | Nov 27, 2018 | Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is urging state authorities and educators not to adopt mental health screening in schools in the false hope that it could prevent acts of violence. Such screening could exacerbate the issue if it leads to children being...

Mental Health Watchdog Calls for Investigation into the Connection Between Violence and Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Aug 28, 2018 | Mass Violence, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to investigating and exposing abusive psychiatric practices in the name of mental healing, is calling upon Florida lawmakers to investigate the plausible link between...

CCHR Calling for Ban on Torturous Electroconvulsive Therapy

by CCHR Florida | Aug 3, 2018 | Children and Teens, ECT, Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders

Mental Health Watchdog calls upon the FDA to ban the ECT device from use after finding electroshock causes brain damage, memory loss and death. The mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida announced its support of the nationwide...

CCHR Educates School Safety Conference Attendees on Psychiatric Drug Dangers

by CCHR Florida | Aug 2, 2018 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to investigating and exposing abusive psychiatric practices in the mental health industry, educated hundreds of school officials, security...

PTSD Awareness Month THE REAL CAUSE

by CCHR Florida | Jun 22, 2018

Everyone has heard of PTSD. What you may not hear is that today, with militaries of the world awash in psychiatry and psychiatric drugs, 23 soldiers and veterans are committing suicide every day. But, why?“We have never drugged our troops to this extent and the...

America the Drugged: A Nationwide Prescription Drug Epidemic

by CCHR Florida | May 30, 2018 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

According to the Florida Medical Examiners Annual Report for 2016, drug related deaths increased in the state by 22% over 2015 and 5,725 of the deaths investigated were opioid-related deaths. That opioid use and abuse has become an epidemic in Florida and across the...

CCHR Calls Traditional Observance of Mental Health Month into Question

by CCHR Florida | May 17, 2018 | Psychiatric Drugs

Started in 1949 by Mental Health America, “Mental Health Awareness Month” – as observed by mental health advocacy groups – is purported as a means of educating the populace on mental health issues for the purpose of education and providing support for those labeled as...

Mental Health Watchdog Warns Officials on Baker Act Rights Abuses

by CCHR Florida | Apr 26, 2018 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights

With reports surfacing that the number of citizens being Baker Acted is on the rise following the school shooting in Parkland, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is cautioning those charged with executing an involuntary psychiatric examination to pay heed...

New York Times Exposes Antidepressant Scandal: Antidepressants are Addictive

by CCHR Florida | Apr 19, 2018 | Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Despite of protest from over 40 psychiatrists, the New York Times has published an in-depth investigative report of improper labeling and prescribing of antidepressants in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere. The article is headlined, “Most People Taking Antidepressants...

Mental Health Watchdog Releases New Report on Link Between Psychotropic Drugs & School/Mass Shootings

by CCHR Florida | Mar 23, 2018 | Mass Violence, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide

The mental health watchdog group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)International is offering Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) and school officials a free copy of its compelling new report about a common denominator found in many mass shootings: psychotropic...

Psychiatric Drugs and School Shootings

by CCHR Florida | Feb 27, 2018 | Baker Act, Mass Violence, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights(CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to investigating and exposing abusive psychiatric practices in the name of mental healing, is calling upon Florida lawmakers to first investigate the plausible link...