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Press Release 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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Press Release 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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Press Release 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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Press Release March 26, 2025
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) held a four-day exhibit in the Orlando area that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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Press Release November 19, 2024
Awards were presented during a banquet and live musical performance held at the historic Fort Harrison in downtown Clearwater.
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Press Release October 19, 2024
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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Press Release July 3, 2024
CCHR has long fought to restore basic inalienable human rights to the field of mental health and CCHR Florida has now received 11 awards for campaigns to protect these rights.
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Press Release June 12, 2024
Winner of 9 awards for their work to protect mental health human rights, CCHR began the Florida movement to restore rights and dignity to the field of mental health in 1977 and today counts thousands of members across the state.
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Press Release May 22, 2024
Starting out as a simple volunteer activity in 1977, CCHR Florida is an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to the protection of children and families from abuses in the field of mental health.
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Press Release May 1, 2024
CCHR has long fought to restore basic inalienable human rights and dignity to the field of mental health and the Florida chapter of CCHR has now received 8 awards for campaigns to protect these rights.
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Press Release April 17, 2024
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) held a two-day exhibit in Orlando that presented shocking evidence of mental health abuse and dangerous psychiatric drugging of children.
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Press Release April 6, 2024
CCHR Florida organized a campaign that resulted in the passing of key pieces of legislation to protect mental health human rights and address coercive psychiatry.
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Press Release December 20, 2023
As a mental health watchdog, CCHR has long fought to restore human rights to the field of mental health, including, but not limited to, the right to all available medical alternatives and the right to refuse any treatment.
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