TeenScreen: The lawsuits begin

[donsu]

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/061405Pringle/061405pringle.html


The scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry and pushed forward by the Bush administration to screen the entire nation's public school population for mental illness and treat them with controversial drugs was already setting off alarms among parents all across the country. But in the state of Indiana, the alarm just got louder.

Taxpayers better get out their checkbooks because school taxes are about to go up as the lawsuits against school boards start mounting over the TeenScreen depression survey being administered to children in the public schools.

The first notice of intent to sue was filed this month in Indiana by Michael and Teresa Rhoades who were outraged when they learned their daughter had been given a psychological test at school without their consent.

In December 2004, their daughter came home from school and said she had been diagnosed with an obsessive compulsive and social anxiety disorder after taking the TeenScreen survey.

Teresa Rhoades always viewed her daughter as a happy normal teenager. "I was absolutely outraged that my daughter was told she had these two conditions based off a computer test," said Rhoades.
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read on - in outrage

watch out!! the big pharma/bushgang wants to mess with your kids mental health.

[ticapnews]

1. Hey kids, be sure to take your Soma!

It'll make you happy all the time.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060929871/103-6496364-9955067?v=glance

[AX10]

2. I am sick and tired about hearing about "mental illness".

It is NOT possible that everyone has problems. We all have different personalities. That does not make us "mentally ill".

:eyes:

[NorCalDem]

3. Seriously,

if you're stressed out, don't like math, non-compliant, whatever illness they say you have, just smoke a joint. It'll work faster, longer, and be safer for you in the long run. Doctors who prescribe these drugs to teenagers (who aren't SEVERLY afflicted by said disease) should immediately lose their medical license. Americans wonder why their health care is ridiculously expensive, and this is why.

[mrdmk]

4. We as adults know that the teenage years are difficult

But does that mean we need to forget about them.:freak: :hangover: :nuke: :shrug: :hide: :patriot: