Based on a full-length documentary that presents the complete history of psychiatry, exposing its pseudoscientific origins, the “Industry of Death” museum is part of an ongoing effort to provide schools with the truth about psychiatry.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog dedicated to the eradication of abuses committed under the guise of mental health, has toured hundreds of students through the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death museum as part of an ongoing effort to provide schools with the truth about how psychiatry is an industry driven by profit.
Since opening the new headquarters for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) of Florida in July of last year, there have been almost 3,500 tours of the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death museum with hundreds of them being students from schools across the state. The museum presents the unvarnished history of psychiatry while also providing information on the state of psychiatry today and is open to the public.
Students from schools such as Galen College of Nursing, Medical Prep Institute of Tampa Bay, Orange Technical College and Breckenridge College of Nursing at ITT-Technical Institute go through the 2 hour self-guided tour as part of their clinical days and find the experience to be informative and eye-opening.
“Society and media heavily influence our perception of the psychiatric industry, and how our perception causes us to overlook the cases that conflict. I would like to go into psychiatric nursing and I hope this will help me to be more holistic in my approach to care,” stated a student from Orange Technical College.
The museum consists of fourteen audio-visual displays, each revealing another aspect of psychiatric abuse and violations of human rights.
Far greater than just a series of displays, the exhibit is based on a full-length documentary that presents the complete history of psychiatry, exposing its pseudoscientific origins and the shocking human rights abuses that led to the establishment of CCHR.
“Using interviews with more than 160 doctors, attorneys, educators, survivors and experts on the mental health industry and its abuses, the museum and the documentary shine the light of truth on the multi-billion dollar fraud that is psychiatry,” states Diane Stein, President of CCHR Florida. “People have the right to know the truth about psychiatry and we are here to make sure people get the cold, hard facts.”
The museum, located in downtown Clearwater and available in 18 languages, is free and open daily from 10am to 10pm daily. For more information please visit www.cchrflorida.org
About Citizens Commission on Human Rights:
CCHR is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health watchdog. 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. CCHR has helped to enact more than 150 laws protecting individuals from abusive or coercive mental health practices.
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.’”
CCHR Florida has already proven a major player in the state’s fight against psychiatric abuse. After discovering that 55 percent of foster children in Florida had been prescribed powerful mind-altering psychotropic drugs, the commission documented the abuse to the health department which initiated changes that led to a 75 percent reduction in prescriptions for children under six.
Additionally, working with the Florida legislature, CCHR Florida helped enact a law which prohibits public schools’ involvement in the psychiatric drugging of children.
