Under the headline “Schools hope mental health screenings will help end stigma,” Heather Parker reported that Carlsbad (NM, US) High School will conduct screenings for mental illness among students. The school will use grant funds to help identify students who might be at risk for depression, suicide, or other problems and, therefore, in need of further evaluation.
With parent permission, 475 ninth grade students will be screened for signs of depression and suicidal tendencies.
“This effort is part of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Grant the school district received,” said Janey Lynn, wellness and prevention coordinator at CHS.
I have to guess this effort will raise some of the same concerns as educators have see with Teen Screen (see here for an EBD Blog post and related comments).
Link to Ms. Parker’s article.
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There is a psychiatric / pharmaceutical plan to “suicide screen” every child in the United States before they graduate from high school. Evidence exists that shows massive pharmaceutical backing that will result in even more overdrugging of kids with psychiatric drugs .
Can you take a moment to view this very short video? Click here:
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It’s simply a race to inform enough parents so something can be done about this.
Ron Pauls bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc110/h2387_ih.xml
Rep. Ron Paul, MD speaks out here:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul258.html