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30 Sep 2007 10:36:55 PM |
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We Can Do Without TeenScreen |
'We Can Do Without TeenScreen'
Tony Zizza
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/09/30/we_can_do_without_teenscreen
"It's about hoping, it's about dreaming, it's about never not believing.
It's about taking a walk out on the wall, and....never looking down.
It's about living, instead of dying, it's about spreading your wings
and...flying. It's all about trying." - Pam Tillis, Country Music Superstar
I think it goes without saying that the last thing we want children to
do is stop trying. This is especially true given the stark reality that
far too many children these days possess an unhealthy sense of
entitlement. Not to mention, they have an insatiable urge to seek
instant gratification no matter the consequence.
As parents, we own a duty to insist that children do their best. We must
show them how to work towards the proverbial "stars." Think about it.
Even if children do not make it to the stars, at least being half way
there, is a lot farther than they ever would have been if they only
worked towards satisfying low expectations.
So, yes. It's all about trying.
We can do so much within our power to raise children with a proper sense
of vision. Raising children to be at least semi-normal takes plenty of
hard work and dedication. We can ensure that children live a life full
of good mental health. This often takes making an effort to be aware of
bad mental health programs/ideas within our culture.
Certainly, there are things that children - especially those in middle
school and high school - should live without. Low frustration levels.
Low resistance to peer pressure. High regard for the easy way out. High
regard for bashing this great country of ours.
Let us not forget to mention something else that children and their
parents can do without.
It's a child suicide screening initiative that goes by the slick name of
- TeenScreen.
TeenScreen claims it is needed to screen middle school/high school
students so potential suicides can be prevented. But then again, what
can we really believe that comes out of Columbia University anymore? If
you can allow the President of Iran to speak at a once honorable
institution, the chances are quite good you're lying about what
TeenScreen does. No, TeenScreen does not prevent suicide. In fact, it
turns normal to semi-normal children into mental health patients. Yeah,
right. This is just what we need more of!
TeenScreen operates in 43 states, and at 450 locations. Mostly middle
schools and high schools. These children are fresh meat for those who
want to provide more young minds with more psychiatric labels and drugs.
TeenScreen is a multi-level process that does not simply end after a
young student takes a computerized ten minute questionnaire.
God help us all if this is the working standard of psychiatry today.
Well, if hacks at Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Health think that they
can properly diagnosis someone as mentally ill in six minutes, I suppose
anything is possible.
Now, if certain responses are received, students are referred for mental
health services. Mental health services that you know damn well include
psychiatric drugs. I mean, what else do mental health services have to
offer these days other than - drugs? Parental consent here is a scam,
and you must know something is wrong about TeenScreen since NAMI thinks
there are so many things right about it.
Interestingly, and what seems to fuel support for scams like TeenScreen,
are lies concerning the number of "youth" who are either suicidal or
have other mental health issues. It seems the percentage changes daily.
Perhaps it depends on where you get your news. It's safe to say that the
average accepted lie is that 20 percent of America's youth could be
defined as having a mental disorder. To make matters worse, there is a
second lie. And that lie goes like this - only 20 percent of all youth
who can be "identified" as mentally ill receive mental health services.
Sorry, but I think that number is a lot higher. Consider all the
children in this country who are on drugs and forced into therapy. In
some school districts, I wouldn't doubt that half the student body are
improperly drugged, labeled as mentally ill. All the while, we are led
down the slippery slope of this "pill for every ill" mind-set in an
alleged effort to quell the alleged epidemic of youth suicide. Talk
therapy - yes. Psychiatric drugs and labels for growing brains - no.
We must do something hard and fast to prevent programs like TeenScreen
from entering even more states and locations. Shouldn't we wonder why
they operate so secretively? Shouldn't we wonder why so many folks on
their advisory board have ties to Big Pharma? Shouldn't we wonder why so
many of the organizations that support TeenScreen directly benefit from
its referral system?
So many contradictions. So many questions. So many platitudes.
Life is all about allowing your children to spread their wings and fly.
It's also all about knowing things they should stay away from. After
all, they're your children, and YOU know their mental health better than
any other weasel who claims to be a "mental health professional."
We can do without TeenScreen.
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September 30, 2007 Zizza is a freelance writer who lives in Atlanta, GA.
He writes frequently about mental health issues and popular culture.
Reach him via email:
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*
Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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