CCHR Florida

Baker Act Basics

Know the Criteria and Respect Human Rights — Training for Professionals Who Make the Call

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Course Includes

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List 47 Topics
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Overview

This course is designed to educate you, as a professional authorized to initiate involuntary psychiatric examinations, on the basics of the law and the critical importance of respecting mental health human rights.

Course Content

Baker Act Basics: Course Summary 4 Topics
The Baker Act Basics: Final Test
Baker Act Basics Survey

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You’ll have unlimited access for 12 months.

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Yes, you will be awarded a certificate upon successful completion of this course.

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About the Instructor

Diane accepted a leadership role at the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) in 2015.

Nonpolitical and nonreligious, CCHR is an award-winning nonprofit in the area of mental health human rights and government relations whose mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health.

Since that time, she has worked to help restore human rights to the field of mental health and especially in the area of short-term emergency commitment.

An experienced speaker who received certification on the Baker Act, Florida’s mental health law, through the Department of Children and Families, Diane is sought after on topics ranging from involuntary psychiatric examination and mental health rights to the dangerous side effects of psychiatric medication.

As a Newsweek Expert, Diane is regularly interviewed by journalists and investigative reporters on emergency psychiatric holds including those involving children and the violation of parental and child rights under these circumstances.