The Floridant - Over 10,000 People Have Toured the "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum in Clearwater

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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.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Floridant -- Located in the headquarters for the Florida chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), the "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum is listed as one of the top museums to visit in Clearwater and more than 10,000 people have visited the exhibit.

Noted as one of the top 10 museums to visit, the exhibit is located at 109 N. Fort Harrison Ave. and has complimentary admission.

Featuring educational panels and videos created from interviews with over 160 doctors, attorneys, educators and survivors, the museum was opened for the purpose of raising awareness on the history of psychiatry and to help create effective change to existing mental health laws. With 14 audiovisual displays revealing the history of psychiatry and exposing abuses committed under the guise of help, visitors learn about mental health human rights during the two-hour self-guided tour.

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Winner of eleven (11) awards for their work to help protect a parent's right to direct the mental health of their child and to end coercive psychiatry, the Florida chapter of CCHR is a nonprofit watchdog organization that is dedicated to the reformation of mental health.

In addition to the museum, CCHR also hosts regular seminars, workshops and continuing education courses on the mental health law, parental rights, alternative solutions and more as part of the educational campaign. Delivered by attorneys and other professionals, these events are held virtually as well as in the Center, and are free and open to the general public.

The museum is open daily and events on mental health rights, involuntary examination, psychiatric drug side effects and electroshock (https://www.cchrflorida.org/electroshock-therapy) are held weekly and monthly. For more information, please call 727-442-8820.