Veterans’ Rights Seminar
Find out to what degree over-using medication can affect our troops and the veterans’ community?
CCHR Warns About Antidepressant “Nasal Spray,” Esketamine (Spravato), Use on Veterans
By Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog June 26, 2019 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is concerned that President Trump is being misled about a nasal spray depression drug, esketamine (Spravato) being the answer to...
CCHR: Veterans Get Damaging Mental Health Deal— Suicides increase & VA spends $1M on unsafe electroshock devices
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog, is calling for an investigation into suicide-inducing psychotropic drugs and electroshock following a recent report showing that the suicide rate of veterans aged 18 to 34 jumped more...Our Veterans Given Psychotropic Drugs for No Reason
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine recently reported in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that 30% of the veterans given psychotropic drugs had not been diagnosed with any mental health problem. The lead author of the study, psychiatrist Ilse Wiechers,...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: Psychiatric drugs work like placebo
This week, the NY Times reported on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans. Veterans and military personnel who take psychiatric medications such as antidepressants and antipsychotics are no more likely to improve than those taking a placebo. Therefore, why would...
Veteran Suicides & the Baker Act
During the 2025 Florida legislative session, 149 bills were filed that contained the keyword “veteran” and some of these bills were intended to help address the fact that in 2023 the suicide rate for Florida veterans was 46.2 per 100,000 veterans. 2025 Annual Report...
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...
Hundreds Attend the Citizens Commission on Human Rights Hosted Event in Honor of Purple Heart Day
August 7th is observed annually across the country to recognize those who have been awarded the Purple Heart Medal for their sacrifice in service to the United States. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), an award-winning nonprofit that works to protect...
Veteran’s Rights Seminar
Everyone has heard of PTSD. What you may not hear is that today, with militaries of the world awash in psychiatry and psychotropic medication, 22 veterans are committing suicide every day. But, why? “We have never drugged our troops to this extent...
PTSD Awareness Month Open House, Free Tour of “Industry of Death” Museum
PTSD Awareness Month Open House, inviting those interested in learning more about alternative treatments to tour the museum. About this event PTSD Awareness Month is observed every June for the purpose of raising public awareness of Posttraumatic Stress...
Shooter killed, at least 11 hurt at Pensacola Navy base
Authorities say an active shooter is dead after opening fire on multiple people Friday at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, and at least 11 people were hospitalized.Military Acts of Violence Linked to Psychiatric Drugs Marine Lance Corporal Delano Holmes (22), New...
CCHR Says Federal and State Investigations Needed into Soaring Psychotropic Drug Use, Suicides and Violence
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the wake of recent reports of suicide increases, the mental health watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) urges Congress and state governments to implement greater oversight of soaring psychotropic drug prescribing...
CCHR Led Hundreds of Protestors Outside Psychiatric Convention Demanding a Ban on Electroshock Treatment
Members of the mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and others concerned about the continuing use of electroshock treatment on 100,000 Americans each year—some aged five or younger [1] marched through the streets of San Francisco on...Are PTSD Suicides Connected to Psychiatric Drug Treatment?
June has been designated PTSD Awareness Month by the National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The purpose of this designation is to increase awareness of “a mental health problem that may develop after a person has been exposed to … traumatic...Contact CCHR Florida
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