Mental Health Watchdog Call for Investigation as Suicide Rates Continue to Climb
Every September the mental health industry promotes Suicide Prevention Month with the stated goal of reducing suicides, but the suicide rate in the U.S. continues to climb with almost 50,000 Americans taking their own life in 2022. [1]
As the country reflects on yet another increase in suicide related deaths, the Florida chapter of CCHR is calling upon state lawmakers to investigate the effectiveness of the current suicide prevention methods. [2]
Often promoted as a warning sign of possible suicide, depression, is the most commonly diagnosed mental health disorder in the nation. For decades it was promoted by the manufacturers of antidepressants that depression was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. However, in 2022, this theory was disproven and the researchers noted that “psyc...