Mental Health Watchdog Calls for Investigation into the Drugging of Children
May 3, 2017
Children in foster care were prescribed psychotropic drugs at rates 2.7 to 4.5 times higher than other children according to a two-year investigation of foster children in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas.
Clearwater, United States - May 3, 2017 /PressCable/ —
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida, a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, is calling for an investigation into the psychiatric drugging of children in Florida following the Facebook Live suicide of a Miami teen.
In response to the Miami Herald[1] story of 14-year-old Naika Venant committing suicide and broadcasting it on Facebook Live, the Florida chapter of CCHR is calling for an investigation into the psychiatric drugging of children in the foster care system.
As reported by the Miami Herald, just 45 days before her suicide Naika’s dose of the antidepressant Zoloft had been doubled despite the fact that in 2004 the FDA had issued a warning against prescribing antidepressants to children because these drugs are linked to suicidal thoughts and suicides.
The drugging of Florida’s foster children has been a recognized problem for years and resulted in policy changes following the tragic suicide of 7-year-old Gabriel Meyers, who was taking Lexapro, Zyprexa and Symbyax at the time of his death. Yet according to the Florida Institute on Child Welfare at Florida State University, 11 percent of children in state foster care had active prescriptions for at least one psychotropic drug as of July 2015.[2]
“A two-year investigation of foster children in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas found that these kids were prescribed psychotropic drugs at rates 2.7 to 4.5 times higher than other children,”[3] stated Diane Stein, President CCHR Florida. “While efforts have been made to stop this abuse they are not enough and so we are asking that this situation be thoroughly investigated and real measures put in place to protect these children.”
CCHR is asking for anyone who has knowledge of the abusive use of psychiatric drugs in the foster care system to report this abuse with full particulars and any documentary evidence by calling 727-442-8820 or online at www.cchrflorida.org.
About CCHR:
Initially established by the Church of Scientology and renowned psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz in 1969, CCHR’s mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health and enact patient and consumer protections. It was L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, who brought the terror of psychiatric imprisonment to the notice of the world. In March 1969, he said, “Thousands and thousands are seized without process of law, every week, over the ‘free world’ tortured, castrated, killed. All in the name of ‘mental health.’”
Sources:
[1] Girl in Facebook Live hanging was prescribed drug with suicide warning miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article140244853.html
[2] Report finds Florida foster kids put on psychotropic drugs without following proper procedures orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/09/22/report-finds-florida-foster-kids-put-on-psychotropic-drugs-without-following-proper-procedures
[3] Foster Kids Given Psychiatric Drugs At Higher Rates npr.org/sections/health-shots/2011/12/01/143017520/foster-kids-even-infants-more-likely-to-be-given-psychotropic-drugs
Contact Info:
Name: Diane Stein
Email: [email protected]
Organization: Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida
Address: 109 North Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater, Florida 33755, United States
Phone: +1-727-442-8820
For more information, please visit http://www.cchrflorida.org/
Source: PressCable
Release ID: 193058
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