TeenScreen - Controversial and Unscientific
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Petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/... Public Radio: "This is a program that has some very vocal critics. They say Teenscreen usurps parental authority, sends kids to therapy who might not need it and they say the program encourages families to put adolescents on antidepressant drugs."THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE January 22, 2007 Local public schools have resisted TeenScreen. San Francisco Unified School District, for example, passed on TeenScreen because it can generate false positives and drain counseling resources, said spokeswoman Gentle Blythe.The Washington Post June 16, 2006"There is weak evidence that screening can distinguish people who will commit suicide from those who will not...And screening inevitably leads to treating some people who do not need it.". —Ned CalongeChairman, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Chief Medical Officer,Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentThe National Journal May 20, 2006"We are still very much groping in the dark, but we know more than we did 25 years ago."—Laurie FlynnExecutive DirectorTeenScreenThe Washington Post June 16, 2006"By and large, brief diagnostic tests -- especially doing broad screening in children -- are not well validated, and one has to be concerned about missing real illness or, conversely, interpreting transient life troubles as a mental illness requiring intervention... if your instrument is poor, or you don't know how to intervene to prevent a condition like suicide, there is actually a risk of harm. Besides cost and intrusiveness, there is a risk of harm in terms of stigmatization, but also interventions that backfire." —Steven E. HymanProvost at Harvard University,Former director of the National Institute of Mental HealthThe Minnesota Daily February 2, 2006"Moreover, the test has a disorder label for the most ordinary of behaviors, having technical terms for simple laziness and arguing with parents, both qualities that most children and young adults have experienced at some point."—EditorialThe Philadelphia Inquirer February 9, 2006"We're going to screen these kids, slap a label on them, and then what?"—Joseph RogersPresident of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania Indianapolis Star September 18, 2005A history of giving the test to some students without parental permission, has put TeenScreen in the hot seat. Friday, a lawsuit outlining these complaints was filed in federal court in the Northern District of Indiana in South Bend by a Northern Indiana couple and their 16-year-old daughter. They charge that the test violates parental and child rights at federal and Indiana levels and invades privacy.
Canal: News & Politics
Añadido: December 19, 2006 at 5:05 am
Autor: video121doc
Duración: 09:52
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Etiquetas: antidepressants Cho Columbine health Hui mental Michael Moore Psychotropic screening Seung Tech teenscreen Virginia
Comentarios
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caustic128 (January 29, 2008 at 9:31 pm)
I was denied a federal job because I went to a Psychiatrist once when I was young and depressed, the doctor got me to admit to "suicidal ideation" and now this is on my record forever.
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pdmsvpm (January 13, 2008 at 1:33 pm)
I'd like to congratulate above comments and add a fact.I fear from what I've heard through the grapevine that some schools such as Ardley's, Bronxville's and Scarsdale's in Weschester County N.Y. have every other kids treated with some psycho-actives at some point. I sincerely believe mislabeling is a disease that needs to be investigated.
dvdpro (December 30, 2007 at 2:37 am)
HELLOOOOOOO....another wake up call.Sign the teen screen petition or your kid WILL BE THE NEXT ROBOT MADE BY LABELS WIHICH ARE LIES AND DRUGS WHICH LINE THE POCKETS OF "BIG" PHARMA.
un4m3d4 (December 23, 2007 at 7:01 am)
Man I support Ron Paul and not this TeenScreen shit. Suicide is a natural reaction to overpopulation. All animals do it and the fittest survive. I guess now its the most drugged survive. Ah, I dunno. I'm gonna go take another toke.
luckyman71 (December 4, 2007 at 3:44 am)
Does anyone know is a study has been done to determine the percent increase in children placed on medication after the teen screen program compared to before the program?
shounenbat510 (November 8, 2007 at 9:45 pm)
Go Ron Paul! There is NO mental illness in the DSM that has been found. Not schizophrenia, bipolar, ADHD, OCD, nothing. Why treat what we clearly don't understand? In fact, many people with "serious mental illness" get better if they're kept off of supressing medications, designed to keep you a patient for life.
senecaco170 (October 12, 2007 at 9:16 pm)
First off, it's not the govts JOB to run ANY Education system. And then our Children's mental health is NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS. It just seems strange that they are trying to keep Arms out of our veterans hands and then come up with Teen Screen to keep them out of the next Generation's hands too. Fear the govt that fears your guns and our ability to think for ourselves.
phoenix1861 (October 12, 2007 at 8:07 pm)
An amazingly invasive, unconstitutional and wrong-headed approach to mental health. I am especially concerned that political correctness will creep into these tests, a prospect that should be of particular concern to religious families. I believe the purpose here is two-fold: 1) to aid in the establishment of a thought-police that will ensure that Americans think "correctly", and 2) to line the pockets of the big pharmaceutical companies and their political allies.
intrepidxxx (October 12, 2007 at 7:46 pm)
Bush should be screened, drugged, imprisoned, sterilized, and shot along with the goons who are into this crap.
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