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Stop Universal Mental Health Screening for Teens

WOMANTalk with Sharon and friends

Thursday, August 3, 2006

*JOIN THE ON-LINE PETITION AGAINST TEENSCREEN

Click Here to Sign UP

Opposition to universal mental health screening is mounting, and the public can

take a simple action to join in.

Controversial, subjective and invasive probing of all teens, billed as suicide

prevention, is the goal of the pharmaceutical lobby and its activist

organizations who thrive on school referrals. EdWatch and other groups

nationally have opposed federal funding and promotion of the TeenScreen program.

Its defenders insist parents are fully involved, but the facts suggest

otherwise. Last year, the Rutherford Institute took up the case of an Indiana

couple whose daughter Chelsea was screened without their consent.

" According to Chelsea, all her friends were told that something was wrong with

them, too. In fact, it seemed that the only students who weren't told they were

suffering from some sort of so-called " disorder " were the ones with the opt-out

slips. And when Chelsea's mom heard about the events of the day and her

daughter's diagnosis of OCD and social anxiety disorder, she immediately took

action. " ( TeenScreen: One Family's Story)

The school is being sued for conducting a mental health screening exam on a

teenager without parental consent. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford

Institute, tells parents they should fight the increasing government violation

of family privacy. He recommends informing local school officials " that you be

notified immediately if they are planning to conduct mental health screening on

your children, " which he calls " this encroachment on parental rights. " (Click

here to find a sample letter you may send to the school and an attorney opting

your child out of invasive surveys and screenings.)

Chelsea's mother, Theresa Rhoades, has launched a website to petition school

board members and state and federal legislators to stop using TeenScreen. Groups

and individuals nationally are promoting the petition, and well over 5,000

people have already signed on. This is only the beginning. Mrs. Rhoades plans to

present the petition to elected public officials at all levels. She personally

assures EdWatch that names are stored on the online petition web group, and that

they will not be shared with any private organizations.

TeenScreen is sweeping into our schools. Legislatures are passing plans to

screen the mental health of all pregnant women and all children from infancy up

to 22 years of age during routine physical exams. Treatment involves massive

expansion of the use of expensive, dangerous and ineffective drugs. Federal

money and policies push the system into place.

Learn more

Sounding the alarm on Infant Mental Health

Taxpayer Funds Promote Child Drugging and Screening

See Important DVD:

" The Dangers of Universal Mental Health Screening " by Dr. Effrem

This new DVD is a valuable resource for informing yourself, legislators,

candidates for public office, school board members, and the community about the

enormity of the dangers of this " womb to tomb system " that is making great

inroads into the most sacred areas of our personal family lives.

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