Mental Health Screening for All Americans Proposed?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: August 10, 2004 8:53:47 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Mental Health Screening for All Americans Proposed?


Next month, President Bush plans to unveil a broad new mental health  
plan
called the “New Freedom Initiative.” Never mind that it couldn’t have  
less
to do with freedom; if you’re a thinking American, this initiative  
should
scare the hell out of you.

The New Freedom Initiative proposes to screen every American, including  
you,
for mental illness. To this end, the president established a New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health, to study the nation’s mental health  
delivery
service and make a report. It’s interesting to note that many on the  
staff
appointed to the Commission have served on the advisory boards of some  
of
the nation’s largest drug companies.

The commission reported that “despite their prevalence, mental disorders
often go undiagnosed,” so it recommended comprehensive mental health
screening for “consumers of all ages,” including preschool children  
because
“each year, young children are expelled from preschools and childcare
facilities for severely disruptive behaviors and emotional disorders.”

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