CLEARWATER, Fla., Nov. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Florida Chapter of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a non-profit mental health watchdog established by the Church of Scientology to expose human rights violations in the field of mental health and dedicated to the protection of children, invites the public to tour their Psychiatry: An Industry of Death museum. The museum is open seven days a week and is free to the general public.

Over 4,500 people have toured CCHR’s Psychiatry: An Industry of Death museum, since the 2015 opening of the new center which is located in downtown Clearwater. The museum presents the history of psychiatry as seen through the eyes of more than 160 doctors, attorneys, educators, survivors and experts in interviews detailing human rights violations and mental health abuses.

“People from all walks of life go through the 2-hour self-guided tour of the museum including nursing school students as part of their clinical days and all of them find the experience to be informative and eye opening,” said Diane Stein, President of CCHR Florida.

The museum is open daily and events are held weekly and monthly.  Both are open and free to the general public. For more information please call 727-442-8820 or visit the center at 109 N. Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater, Florida or log on to 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.’”

Media Contact:
Diane Stein
President, CCHR Florida
727-442-8820
diane@cchrflorida.org
www.cchrflorida.org