Our Veterans Given Psychotropic Drugs for No Reason

by CCHR Florida | Nov 12, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

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

by CCHR Florida | Aug 4, 2011 | Military & Veterans

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...

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence Against Electroshock

by Diane Stein, President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida | Apr 3, 2026

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,...

News

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:...

Veteran Resources Expo & Family Day

by Mark Ferguson | Mar 7, 2026

All Veterans, Active-Duty, Friends, Family and Veteran Advocates are Welcome! LINK TO RSVP: https://VeteranResourcesExpo2026.eventbrite.com

Veteran Suicides & the Baker Act

by CCHR Florida | Aug 25, 2025

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

by CCHR Florida | Mar 11, 2025 | Military & Veterans, Suicide & Violence

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

by CCHR Florida | Aug 15, 2024 | Military & Veterans

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

by CCHR Florida | Dec 10, 2022

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

by CCHR Florida | Jun 20, 2021

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

by CCHR Florida | Dec 6, 2019 | Mass Violence, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Disorders

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

by CCHR Florida | Jun 26, 2019 | Mass Violence, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide & 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

by CCHR Florida | May 21, 2019 | Baker Act, ECT, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

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?

by CCHR Florida | Jun 7, 2018 | Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

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...

ECT: The Ultimate Child Abuse

by CCHR Florida | Dec 21, 2017 | Children and Teens, ECT, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights

It is hard for many to believe that ECT is still legally performed. Yet many psychologists and psychiatrists still insist this barbaric “treatment” does something more than damage brains. For instance, Edward Shorter, PhD believes that sending up to 450 volts of...