Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I know many are on this but here it is again, CALL OUT THE TROOPS!! NFC ALERT #2 UPDATED!! UPDATED URGENT ACTION ALERT!!! August 4, 2004 New data you need to know - please read completely! Contact your Members of Congress and the Senate Labor Appropriations Subcommittee in their Home Districts and tell them NO FUNDING FOR THE " NEW FREEDOM COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH " INITIATIVE! THEIR PLAN CALLS FOR SCREENING ALL AMERICANS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. As the last Urgent Action Alert stated, the House Appropriations Committee approved $20 million in new federal dollars for up to 14 states to transform their mental health systems as set forth by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC). As one mental health group put it, " .even limited funding of the (state grants for transformation) is a vital step toward realizing the Commission's important vision of a transformed public mental health system. " (emphasis added) Apparently there are members of Congress that have not read the New Freedom Commission's " Goals and Recommendations, " so here are quotes directly from their report which highlight the plan to screen all Americans for " mental illness. " Just some of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's Goals and Recommendations: " Screen for mental disorders in primary health care, across the life span, and connect to treatment and supports. " - page 57. " Schools are in a key position to identify mental health problems early and to provide a link to appropriate services. Every day more than 52 million students attend over 114,000 schools in the U.S. When combined with the six million adults working at those schools, almost one-fifth of the population passes through the Nation's schools on any given weekday. " - page 58. " Early Interventions, such as the Nurse-Family Partnership.(where) a nurse visits the homes of high-risk women when pregnancy begins and continues for the first year of the child's life. " - page 60, 61. " Quality screening and early intervention should occur in readily accessible, low-stigma settings such as primary health care facilities and schools. " - page 60. " Other important dimensions of the approach including 'social and emotional check-ups' in primary health care. " - page 61. So apparently the states will get money to implement the plans set for by this New Freedom Commission. Some states have already jumped on the bandwagon to transform their mental health system. The State of Illinois has already passed a law for compulsory mental health screening of all children ages 0-18 as well as pregnant mothers! The Illinois plan is the first in the nation to have progressed thus far. If the plan is implemented as suggested, pregnant women will begin evaluation for depression and will check in during the first year after their expected babies are born. As part of the " Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership Preliminary Plan, " in the next 1-2 years they want to, " Align systems of care with the President's New Freedom Report, particularly the child and adolescent recommendations. " If this " sweeping mental health initiative " is implemented, millions more American's will certainly be diagnosed and drugged given that all of the diagnoses are based solely on opinion. The NFC based its entire findings on the definition of mental illness as defined by psychiatry's billing bible, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The methods of mental health " screening " recommended by the New Freedom Commission are lists of arbitrary questions based on this DSM. In a recent report by , a former investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Special Investigations, condemning the NFC, he states, " Despite a nearly 500% increase in American children being prescribed mental health drugs during the past 6 years, the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that not enough adolescents are benefiting from mental health treatment. The NFC recommendations prominently call for mandatory mental health screening for all high school students, with follow-up 'treatment' as required - this means more kids on mind-altering and potentially lethal psychiatric drugs. " WHAT TO DO: 1) Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or go to www.congress.org to be connected to your U.S. Representative and your 2 Senators at their home office numbers (they are on " August Recess " ). Urge them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " (currently in the House Labor/HHS appropriations bill). Urge them to read the NFC's report thoroughly, or point out the above quotes from it to show them it is ALL about screening, labeling and drugging. 2) If you are from the states below, contact the following Members of the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee in their home states and tell them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " in the Labor/HHS appropriations bill for the above reasons. Alen Specter (R-PA) 717-782-3951 Thad Cochran (R-MS) 601-965-4459 Judd Gregg (R-NH) 603-225-7115 Kay Hutchison (R-TX) 512-916-5834 Larry Craig (R-ID) 208-342-7985 Ted s (R-AK) 907-586-7400 Mike DeWine (R-OH) 614-469-5186 Shelby (R-AL) 334-223-7303 Tom Harkin (D-IA) 515-284-4574 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 803-765-5731 Inouye (D-HI) 808-541-2542 Harry Reid (D-NV) 775-686-5750 Herb Kohl (D-WI) 414-297-4451 Patty Murray (D-WA) 206-553-5545 Landrieu (D-LA) 225-389-0395 Dockx Government Affairs CCHR International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I know many are on this but here it is again, CALL OUT THE TROOPS!! NFC ALERT #2 UPDATED!! UPDATED URGENT ACTION ALERT!!! August 4, 2004 New data you need to know - please read completely! Contact your Members of Congress and the Senate Labor Appropriations Subcommittee in their Home Districts and tell them NO FUNDING FOR THE " NEW FREEDOM COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH " INITIATIVE! THEIR PLAN CALLS FOR SCREENING ALL AMERICANS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. As the last Urgent Action Alert stated, the House Appropriations Committee approved $20 million in new federal dollars for up to 14 states to transform their mental health systems as set forth by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC). As one mental health group put it, " .even limited funding of the (state grants for transformation) is a vital step toward realizing the Commission's important vision of a transformed public mental health system. " (emphasis added) Apparently there are members of Congress that have not read the New Freedom Commission's " Goals and Recommendations, " so here are quotes directly from their report which highlight the plan to screen all Americans for " mental illness. " Just some of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's Goals and Recommendations: " Screen for mental disorders in primary health care, across the life span, and connect to treatment and supports. " - page 57. " Schools are in a key position to identify mental health problems early and to provide a link to appropriate services. Every day more than 52 million students attend over 114,000 schools in the U.S. When combined with the six million adults working at those schools, almost one-fifth of the population passes through the Nation's schools on any given weekday. " - page 58. " Early Interventions, such as the Nurse-Family Partnership.(where) a nurse visits the homes of high-risk women when pregnancy begins and continues for the first year of the child's life. " - page 60, 61. " Quality screening and early intervention should occur in readily accessible, low-stigma settings such as primary health care facilities and schools. " - page 60. " Other important dimensions of the approach including 'social and emotional check-ups' in primary health care. " - page 61. So apparently the states will get money to implement the plans set for by this New Freedom Commission. Some states have already jumped on the bandwagon to transform their mental health system. The State of Illinois has already passed a law for compulsory mental health screening of all children ages 0-18 as well as pregnant mothers! The Illinois plan is the first in the nation to have progressed thus far. If the plan is implemented as suggested, pregnant women will begin evaluation for depression and will check in during the first year after their expected babies are born. As part of the " Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership Preliminary Plan, " in the next 1-2 years they want to, " Align systems of care with the President's New Freedom Report, particularly the child and adolescent recommendations. " If this " sweeping mental health initiative " is implemented, millions more American's will certainly be diagnosed and drugged given that all of the diagnoses are based solely on opinion. The NFC based its entire findings on the definition of mental illness as defined by psychiatry's billing bible, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The methods of mental health " screening " recommended by the New Freedom Commission are lists of arbitrary questions based on this DSM. In a recent report by , a former investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Special Investigations, condemning the NFC, he states, " Despite a nearly 500% increase in American children being prescribed mental health drugs during the past 6 years, the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that not enough adolescents are benefiting from mental health treatment. The NFC recommendations prominently call for mandatory mental health screening for all high school students, with follow-up 'treatment' as required - this means more kids on mind-altering and potentially lethal psychiatric drugs. " WHAT TO DO: 1) Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or go to www.congress.org to be connected to your U.S. Representative and your 2 Senators at their home office numbers (they are on " August Recess " ). Urge them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " (currently in the House Labor/HHS appropriations bill). Urge them to read the NFC's report thoroughly, or point out the above quotes from it to show them it is ALL about screening, labeling and drugging. 2) If you are from the states below, contact the following Members of the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee in their home states and tell them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " in the Labor/HHS appropriations bill for the above reasons. Alen Specter (R-PA) 717-782-3951 Thad Cochran (R-MS) 601-965-4459 Judd Gregg (R-NH) 603-225-7115 Kay Hutchison (R-TX) 512-916-5834 Larry Craig (R-ID) 208-342-7985 Ted s (R-AK) 907-586-7400 Mike DeWine (R-OH) 614-469-5186 Shelby (R-AL) 334-223-7303 Tom Harkin (D-IA) 515-284-4574 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 803-765-5731 Inouye (D-HI) 808-541-2542 Harry Reid (D-NV) 775-686-5750 Herb Kohl (D-WI) 414-297-4451 Patty Murray (D-WA) 206-553-5545 Landrieu (D-LA) 225-389-0395 Dockx Government Affairs CCHR International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I know many are on this but here it is again, CALL OUT THE TROOPS!! NFC ALERT #2 UPDATED!! UPDATED URGENT ACTION ALERT!!! August 4, 2004 New data you need to know - please read completely! Contact your Members of Congress and the Senate Labor Appropriations Subcommittee in their Home Districts and tell them NO FUNDING FOR THE " NEW FREEDOM COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH " INITIATIVE! THEIR PLAN CALLS FOR SCREENING ALL AMERICANS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. As the last Urgent Action Alert stated, the House Appropriations Committee approved $20 million in new federal dollars for up to 14 states to transform their mental health systems as set forth by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC). As one mental health group put it, " .even limited funding of the (state grants for transformation) is a vital step toward realizing the Commission's important vision of a transformed public mental health system. " (emphasis added) Apparently there are members of Congress that have not read the New Freedom Commission's " Goals and Recommendations, " so here are quotes directly from their report which highlight the plan to screen all Americans for " mental illness. " Just some of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's Goals and Recommendations: " Screen for mental disorders in primary health care, across the life span, and connect to treatment and supports. " - page 57. " Schools are in a key position to identify mental health problems early and to provide a link to appropriate services. Every day more than 52 million students attend over 114,000 schools in the U.S. When combined with the six million adults working at those schools, almost one-fifth of the population passes through the Nation's schools on any given weekday. " - page 58. " Early Interventions, such as the Nurse-Family Partnership.(where) a nurse visits the homes of high-risk women when pregnancy begins and continues for the first year of the child's life. " - page 60, 61. " Quality screening and early intervention should occur in readily accessible, low-stigma settings such as primary health care facilities and schools. " - page 60. " Other important dimensions of the approach including 'social and emotional check-ups' in primary health care. " - page 61. So apparently the states will get money to implement the plans set for by this New Freedom Commission. Some states have already jumped on the bandwagon to transform their mental health system. The State of Illinois has already passed a law for compulsory mental health screening of all children ages 0-18 as well as pregnant mothers! The Illinois plan is the first in the nation to have progressed thus far. If the plan is implemented as suggested, pregnant women will begin evaluation for depression and will check in during the first year after their expected babies are born. As part of the " Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership Preliminary Plan, " in the next 1-2 years they want to, " Align systems of care with the President's New Freedom Report, particularly the child and adolescent recommendations. " If this " sweeping mental health initiative " is implemented, millions more American's will certainly be diagnosed and drugged given that all of the diagnoses are based solely on opinion. The NFC based its entire findings on the definition of mental illness as defined by psychiatry's billing bible, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The methods of mental health " screening " recommended by the New Freedom Commission are lists of arbitrary questions based on this DSM. In a recent report by , a former investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Special Investigations, condemning the NFC, he states, " Despite a nearly 500% increase in American children being prescribed mental health drugs during the past 6 years, the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that not enough adolescents are benefiting from mental health treatment. The NFC recommendations prominently call for mandatory mental health screening for all high school students, with follow-up 'treatment' as required - this means more kids on mind-altering and potentially lethal psychiatric drugs. " WHAT TO DO: 1) Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or go to www.congress.org to be connected to your U.S. Representative and your 2 Senators at their home office numbers (they are on " August Recess " ). Urge them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " (currently in the House Labor/HHS appropriations bill). Urge them to read the NFC's report thoroughly, or point out the above quotes from it to show them it is ALL about screening, labeling and drugging. 2) If you are from the states below, contact the following Members of the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee in their home states and tell them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " in the Labor/HHS appropriations bill for the above reasons. Alen Specter (R-PA) 717-782-3951 Thad Cochran (R-MS) 601-965-4459 Judd Gregg (R-NH) 603-225-7115 Kay Hutchison (R-TX) 512-916-5834 Larry Craig (R-ID) 208-342-7985 Ted s (R-AK) 907-586-7400 Mike DeWine (R-OH) 614-469-5186 Shelby (R-AL) 334-223-7303 Tom Harkin (D-IA) 515-284-4574 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 803-765-5731 Inouye (D-HI) 808-541-2542 Harry Reid (D-NV) 775-686-5750 Herb Kohl (D-WI) 414-297-4451 Patty Murray (D-WA) 206-553-5545 Landrieu (D-LA) 225-389-0395 Dockx Government Affairs CCHR International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 I know many are on this but here it is again, CALL OUT THE TROOPS!! NFC ALERT #2 UPDATED!! UPDATED URGENT ACTION ALERT!!! August 4, 2004 New data you need to know - please read completely! Contact your Members of Congress and the Senate Labor Appropriations Subcommittee in their Home Districts and tell them NO FUNDING FOR THE " NEW FREEDOM COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH " INITIATIVE! THEIR PLAN CALLS FOR SCREENING ALL AMERICANS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. As the last Urgent Action Alert stated, the House Appropriations Committee approved $20 million in new federal dollars for up to 14 states to transform their mental health systems as set forth by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC). As one mental health group put it, " .even limited funding of the (state grants for transformation) is a vital step toward realizing the Commission's important vision of a transformed public mental health system. " (emphasis added) Apparently there are members of Congress that have not read the New Freedom Commission's " Goals and Recommendations, " so here are quotes directly from their report which highlight the plan to screen all Americans for " mental illness. " Just some of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's Goals and Recommendations: " Screen for mental disorders in primary health care, across the life span, and connect to treatment and supports. " - page 57. " Schools are in a key position to identify mental health problems early and to provide a link to appropriate services. Every day more than 52 million students attend over 114,000 schools in the U.S. When combined with the six million adults working at those schools, almost one-fifth of the population passes through the Nation's schools on any given weekday. " - page 58. " Early Interventions, such as the Nurse-Family Partnership.(where) a nurse visits the homes of high-risk women when pregnancy begins and continues for the first year of the child's life. " - page 60, 61. " Quality screening and early intervention should occur in readily accessible, low-stigma settings such as primary health care facilities and schools. " - page 60. " Other important dimensions of the approach including 'social and emotional check-ups' in primary health care. " - page 61. So apparently the states will get money to implement the plans set for by this New Freedom Commission. Some states have already jumped on the bandwagon to transform their mental health system. The State of Illinois has already passed a law for compulsory mental health screening of all children ages 0-18 as well as pregnant mothers! The Illinois plan is the first in the nation to have progressed thus far. If the plan is implemented as suggested, pregnant women will begin evaluation for depression and will check in during the first year after their expected babies are born. As part of the " Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership Preliminary Plan, " in the next 1-2 years they want to, " Align systems of care with the President's New Freedom Report, particularly the child and adolescent recommendations. " If this " sweeping mental health initiative " is implemented, millions more American's will certainly be diagnosed and drugged given that all of the diagnoses are based solely on opinion. The NFC based its entire findings on the definition of mental illness as defined by psychiatry's billing bible, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The methods of mental health " screening " recommended by the New Freedom Commission are lists of arbitrary questions based on this DSM. In a recent report by , a former investigator in the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Special Investigations, condemning the NFC, he states, " Despite a nearly 500% increase in American children being prescribed mental health drugs during the past 6 years, the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health found that not enough adolescents are benefiting from mental health treatment. The NFC recommendations prominently call for mandatory mental health screening for all high school students, with follow-up 'treatment' as required - this means more kids on mind-altering and potentially lethal psychiatric drugs. " WHAT TO DO: 1) Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or go to www.congress.org to be connected to your U.S. Representative and your 2 Senators at their home office numbers (they are on " August Recess " ). Urge them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " (currently in the House Labor/HHS appropriations bill). Urge them to read the NFC's report thoroughly, or point out the above quotes from it to show them it is ALL about screening, labeling and drugging. 2) If you are from the states below, contact the following Members of the Senate Labor HHS Appropriations Subcommittee in their home states and tell them to STOP the $20 million funding of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health's " State Grants for Transformation " in the Labor/HHS appropriations bill for the above reasons. Alen Specter (R-PA) 717-782-3951 Thad Cochran (R-MS) 601-965-4459 Judd Gregg (R-NH) 603-225-7115 Kay Hutchison (R-TX) 512-916-5834 Larry Craig (R-ID) 208-342-7985 Ted s (R-AK) 907-586-7400 Mike DeWine (R-OH) 614-469-5186 Shelby (R-AL) 334-223-7303 Tom Harkin (D-IA) 515-284-4574 Ernest Hollings (D-SC) 803-765-5731 Inouye (D-HI) 808-541-2542 Harry Reid (D-NV) 775-686-5750 Herb Kohl (D-WI) 414-297-4451 Patty Murray (D-WA) 206-553-5545 Landrieu (D-LA) 225-389-0395 Dockx Government Affairs CCHR International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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