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December 3, 2025
Mental health watchdog urges FDA to remove ECT devices from the market and Florida lawmakers to pass legislation prohibiting electroshock, following landmark international survey and UN guidance
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November 11, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that the holiday suicide myth supports misinformation about suicide and might actually hinder prevention efforts.
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October 21, 2025
The event is being held to honor those who work tirelessly over the year to help clean up the field of mental health. The awards will be presented during a banquet and live musical performance held at the historic Fort Harrison in Clearwater.
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October 9, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights held a two-day exhibit in the Wolfe University Center at Florida International University that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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September 24, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights held a two-day exhibit in the Student Union at the University of Central Florida that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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September 10, 2025
As a primary activity CCHR provides information on mental health as a public service and since opening new offices in Clearwater has held over one thousand such events with attorneys, doctors and clinical pharmacists as the guest speakers.
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August 9, 2025
Observed annually to recognize those who have been awarded the Purple Heart Medal for their sacrifice in service to the United States, this military holiday is a time to show gratitude to the recipients.
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July 31, 2025
A primary activity of the Florida chapter of CCHR is the hosting of events on the numerous aspects of mental health as a public service and since opening new offices in downtown Clearwater, CCHR has held over one thousand such events.
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July 22, 2025
Purple Heart Day is observed annually to recognize those who have been awarded the Purple Heart Medal for their sacrifice in service to the United States.
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July 3, 2025
For over three decades, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights has worked to expose abuses in the field of mental health and assist in the passing of legislation to protect citizens from these abuses.
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June 18, 2025
Complimentary seminars to better educate professionals and the general public on the law and potential abuses of the Baker Act are hosted monthly by the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR).
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June 4, 2025
At the peak in 2020/2021, there were almost 40,000 Baker Acts, involuntary psychiatric examinations, involving children with the Suncoast Region (Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Pasco, DeSoto, and Sarasota counties) having the greatest occurrences.
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May 20, 2025
After a public records request revealed that children in the under 5 age group are given electroshock, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights is calling for a ban on the device citing a lack of clinical studies on safety and effectiveness.
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May 1, 2025
Held in the state headquarters located in Clearwater, the event hopes to education citizens on their mental health human rights and the reformation needed to protect those rights.
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March 20, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a non-profit watchdog that exposes human rights violations in the field of mental health, is scheduled to debut an exhibit this month that presents the truth about the history of psychiatry.
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February 25, 2025
Unfortunately, the natural progression laid out by the psychiatric community often leads to a prescription of psychotropic drugs with no resolution of the original problem.
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February 7, 2025
Since 1969, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) has worked in the field of human rights and mental health reform including investigation into the racist influence of the mental health professions.
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January 24, 2025
The efficacy of screening children for depression is in question. One of the liabilities brought to light is the lack of research on whether screenings actually lead to better outcomes.
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December 28, 2024
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights has toured thousands of visitors through the museum on the history of psychiatry as part of a campaign to restore rights and dignity to the field of mental health.
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December 16, 2024
Families are invited to participate in a holiday scavenger hunt at the CCHR Center in Clearwater which will be decorated as the "Grinch's Hide-Out".
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