Mental Health Screening

To advocate or self-advocate is to speak out or take action to the positive benefit of oneself and others. To be effective, one needs to make the best use possible of available tools and support resources. The following are just a handful of suggestions for places to turn for information during one's own advocacy efforts..

The following are mental health screening press releases, links, and resources gathered as they are encountered during my daily jaunts across the Internet. While I may occasionally express an opinion on the same, these are being provided here first and foremost so that others may draw their own conclusions regarding this movement.

Attempt to stop mandatory mental screening fails

Congressman pushed language requiring parental consent
WorldNetDaily.com; November 24, 2004 (2004-11-24)

Lawmaker tries to block mental-health screening

Rep. Paul offers language to require parental consent for evaluating kids
WorldNetDaily.com, November 18, 2004 (2004-11-18)

Attempt to dump mental screening fails

Rep. Ron Paul hoped to stop mandatory federal program for children
WorldNetDaily.com; September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)

Forced mental screening hits roadblock in House

Rep. Ron Paul seeks to yank program, decries use of drugs on children
Ron Strom; WorldNetDaily.com; September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09)

Bush plans to screen whole U.S. population for mental illness

Sweeping initiative links diagnoses to treatment with specific drugs
Jeanne Lenzer; WorldNetDaily.com; June 21, 2004 (2004-06-21)

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