Will school suicide screenings open Pandora's Box?

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Will school suicide screenings open Pandora's Box?

Thursday, October 13, 2005

The Oct. 1 article " Local schools will screen for suicidal tendencies " makes me

question how a test administered in 15 minutes provides the best mental health

care for our teens. Does the guarantee of privacy come in writing?

The goal of cutting suicide rates is praiseworthy, and the program is supposed

to be voluntary and should require parental consent, but Indiana parents

and Rhoades were not notified.

Look at the growing number of complaints by parents whose children have been

misdiagnosed with health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder. Some of those same children have been forced to take unnecessary

medications in order to attend school, and this could be a sign of what this

latest phase of identifying mental illnesses could lead to.

Will a child diagnosed with a mental illness via these programs be forced to

take a certain type of medication before he can attend school?

Programs that deal with our children should, first and foremost, guarantee that

they do no harm.

Nix

Olmsted Falls

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Will school suicide screenings open Pandora's Box?

Thursday, October 13, 2005

The Oct. 1 article " Local schools will screen for suicidal tendencies " makes me

question how a test administered in 15 minutes provides the best mental health

care for our teens. Does the guarantee of privacy come in writing?

The goal of cutting suicide rates is praiseworthy, and the program is supposed

to be voluntary and should require parental consent, but Indiana parents

and Rhoades were not notified.

Look at the growing number of complaints by parents whose children have been

misdiagnosed with health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder. Some of those same children have been forced to take unnecessary

medications in order to attend school, and this could be a sign of what this

latest phase of identifying mental illnesses could lead to.

Will a child diagnosed with a mental illness via these programs be forced to

take a certain type of medication before he can attend school?

Programs that deal with our children should, first and foremost, guarantee that

they do no harm.

Nix

Olmsted Falls

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

Will school suicide screenings open Pandora's Box?

Thursday, October 13, 2005

The Oct. 1 article " Local schools will screen for suicidal tendencies " makes me

question how a test administered in 15 minutes provides the best mental health

care for our teens. Does the guarantee of privacy come in writing?

The goal of cutting suicide rates is praiseworthy, and the program is supposed

to be voluntary and should require parental consent, but Indiana parents

and Rhoades were not notified.

Look at the growing number of complaints by parents whose children have been

misdiagnosed with health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder. Some of those same children have been forced to take unnecessary

medications in order to attend school, and this could be a sign of what this

latest phase of identifying mental illnesses could lead to.

Will a child diagnosed with a mental illness via these programs be forced to

take a certain type of medication before he can attend school?

Programs that deal with our children should, first and foremost, guarantee that

they do no harm.

Nix

Olmsted Falls

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

Will school suicide screenings open Pandora's Box?

Thursday, October 13, 2005

The Oct. 1 article " Local schools will screen for suicidal tendencies " makes me

question how a test administered in 15 minutes provides the best mental health

care for our teens. Does the guarantee of privacy come in writing?

The goal of cutting suicide rates is praiseworthy, and the program is supposed

to be voluntary and should require parental consent, but Indiana parents

and Rhoades were not notified.

Look at the growing number of complaints by parents whose children have been

misdiagnosed with health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity

disorder. Some of those same children have been forced to take unnecessary

medications in order to attend school, and this could be a sign of what this

latest phase of identifying mental illnesses could lead to.

Will a child diagnosed with a mental illness via these programs be forced to

take a certain type of medication before he can attend school?

Programs that deal with our children should, first and foremost, guarantee that

they do no harm.

Nix

Olmsted Falls