Screening
Psychs Lament Passing of TeenScreen
Globe Gazette Officials lament program loss to screen for teen depression December 1, 2012 By Deb Nicklay MASON CITY — Local educators and mental health professionals say they are concerned that Teen Screen, a program that helped identify more than 400 North Iowa students grappling with issues of depression and suicide, will soon end. Columbia [...]
Controversial mental health program closes down
British Medical Journal Controversial mental health program closes down By Jeanne Lenzer Published 27 November 2012 A “model” program that was part of a controversial plan to screen all US citizens for mental illness has announced that it is closing down. On 15 November, TeenScreen, a program to detect depression in young people, announced on [...]
TeenScreen is Dead
The announcement on TeenScreen’s website: “We are sorry to inform you that the TeenScreen National Center will be winding down its program at the end of this year. Accordingly, we will no longer train or register new programs. We will provide updates on the TeenScreen website for a limited time with respect to any other [...]
Former Exec at TeenScreen Turns Up
PsychSearch.net Originally published: July 9, 2012 7:15 PM EST Updated: September 28, 2012 6:51 PM EST By Ken Kramer The departures of Laurie Flynn and Leslie McGuire, the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director of TeenScreen left questions about the leadership of the controversial “suicide screening” program and where these two have wound up. A [...]
Mental Screening
Mental Screening
No Benefit, Possible Harm From Routine Depression Screening
MedScape By Fran Lowry September 23, 2011 — Routine screening for depression in primary care, as recommended by organizations in the United States and Canada, has not been shown to be beneficial, and may even be harmful, according to new research published online September 19 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. In addition, in this [...]
Why screening teens for mental illness is a bad idea
The Stute The Student Newspaper of Stevens Institute of Technology since 1904 The Scientific Curmudgeon – Why screening teens for mental illness is a bad idea By John Horgan Mental illness can afflict children, just as cancer and other diseases do. Many young people quietly struggle with depression and other disorders, which may provoke them [...]