Indiana Commission on Mental Health
Children's Social, Emotional & Behavioral Health Plan Legislators and Indiana parents are calling for a repeal of the controversial Senate Enrolled Act 529 regarding children and mental health screening.
TeenScreen - Controversial and Unscientific
Petition here: www.petitiononline.com National Public Radio: "This is a program that has some very vocal critics. They say Teenscreen usurps parental authority, sends kids to therapy who might not need it and they say the program encourages families to put adolescents on antidepressant drugs." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE January 22, 2007 Local public schools have resisted TeenScreen. San Francisco Unified School District, for example, passed on TeenScreen because it can generate false positives and drain counseling resources, said spokeswoman Gentle Blythe. The Washington Post June 16, 2006 "There is weak evidence that screening can distinguish people who will commit suicide from those who will not...And screening inevitably leads to treating some people who do not need it.". —Ned Calonge Chairman, US Preventive Services Task Force, Chief Medical Officer, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment The National Journal May 20, 2006 "We are still very much groping in the dark, but we know more than we did 25 years ago." —Laurie Flynn Executive Director TeenScreen The Washington Post June 16, 2006 "By and large, brief diagnostic tests -- especially doing broad screening in children -- are not well validated, and one has to be concerned about missing real illness or, conversely, interpreting transient life troubles as a mental illness requiring intervention... if your instrument is poor, or you don't know how to intervene to prevent a condition like suicide, there ...
Orignal From: Indiana Commission on Mental Health
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