Please visit the links below to view recent noteworthy media coverage regarding TeenScreen, mental health screening, and pertinent issues.
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St. Cloud Times, April 3, 2007
Be wary of TeenScreen legislation
Duluth News Tribune, April 2, 2007
Program to prevent teen suicide misguided
Star Tribune, March 29, 2007
TeenScreen - Risks are too great
Marshfield News Herald, March 27, 2007
TeenScreen...wrong direction
Texas Eagle Forum Torch, February, 2007
Mental Health Screening for Texas Kids
Human Events, Jan 30, 2007
Mental Health Screening: New Liberal Tool for Child-Control
Post Standard, January 22, 2007
TeenScreen program used to push drugs to students
Daily Herald, January 18, 2007
Utah Bill: Bans school personnel from making mental health recommendations for children
Post Standard, January 18, 2007
Better Way to Help Children with Problems
Rutherford Institute, January 18, 2007
America’s Schoolchildren Are Treated Like Lab Rats
Carolina Journal, January 17, 2007
Schools as Psychiatrists
OpEd News, January 15, 2007
TeenScreen - The Last Straw
Holistic Junction, January 11, 2007
Do Legalized Drug Pushers Influence TeenScreen?
Alternative Medicine, December 25, 2006
Kids & Psychiatric Drugs, Big Pharma comes to the classroom
Daily Democrat, December 23, 2006
Statistics don't indicate a significant danger
Daily Democrat, December 23, 2006
There are “facts” and then there is the truth
Daily Democrat, December 19, 2006
Mission Accomplished
Moutain View Telegraph, November 30, 2006
New Drug Sales Device Called TeenScreen
Kenosha News, November 29, 2006
Parents need to send School District a Message
Northwest Herald, November 17, 2006
Dangers of TeenScreen
Kenosha News, November 15, 2006
TeenScreen under fire
Daily Democrat, November 10, 2006
Parents need to check out this TeenScreen program
Catholic News Network, November 6, 2005
The State Of Indiana is receiving a great deal of heat
Associated Content, November 6, 2006
TeenScreen: Are our Teens depressed or suicidal
Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2006
Pharmaceutical companies have worked to establish mental-health screening programs
Indianapolis Star, October 26, 2006
Commission Opposes Screening All Hoosier schoolchildren
Herald Republican, October 26, 2006
Indiana - Controversial State Plan
Herald Republican, October 15, 2006
Children's mental health plan to be finalized
Washington Post, October 8, 2006
A Rush to Medicate Young Minds
The Evening Star, October 8, 2006
Minorities "Why should they be the guinea pigs?”
Herald-Republican, October 1, 2006
Universal mental health testing for children debated
MichNews.com, September 28, 2006
TeenScreen Suicide Survey - A Prescription For Disaster
The News Sun, September 24, 2006
DOE task force presents children's mental health plan
ABC Action News, September 21, 2006
Activists don't want Anxiety Test in Fresno Schools
The Fresno Bee, September 21, 2006
Suicide-risk screening effort blasted
Eagle Forum of California Sentinel, September 21, 2006
Statement before Fresno Unified School District Board
Fort Wayne Daily News, September 19, 2006
Passion is the word for comments on SEA 529
The Evening Star, September 17, 2006
SEA 529 addresses several facets of childcare, healthcare
Fort Wayne Daily News, September 17, 2006
The Bill Nobody Wants to Claim
The Evening Star, September 17, 2006
DOE outlines its mental health plan for children
Fort Wayne Daily News, September 15, 2006
Invaluable help or invasion of civil rights?
Flagler Times, September 13, 2006
TeenScreen Loses Funding
Freedom's Phoenix, September 3, 2006
We All Should Scream At “TEENSCREEN”
NewsTarget.com, August 30, 2006
Worse than anything Stalin could have imagined
Kansas City Star, August 29, 2006
Schools should reject implementation of screening programs
Kansas City Star, Aug. 28, 2006
What is schools’ duty in children’s mental health?
Kansas City Star, August 26, 2006
Inviting “Big Brother” into our homes
The Reporter (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin), August 23, 2006
Bogus program - Teen Screen
Culpeper Star Exponent, August 17, 2006
Suicide ‘screening’ group going about it the wrong way
Newsday, August 8, 2006
Study backs kids' drug-suicide link
Providence Journal, August 6, 2006
Debate heats up over screening teens for suicide risk
Pocono Record, August 5, 2006
TeenScreen program faces backlash
The Times (London), August 4, 2006
It's a High Oh Silver Lining
WOMANTalk, August 3, 2006
Stop Universal Mental Health Screening for Teens
OpEdNews.com, August 1, 2006
TeenScreen - Normal Kids Labeled Mentally Ill
WNDU.com, July 30, 2006
Rally held to defeat children's mental health bill
thepeoplesvoice.org, July 29, 2006
The Selling of Suicide for Profit
WFRN News, July 28, 2006
A big family and freedom rally
HealthSentinel.com, July 27, 2006
Are Your Children Crazy?
The Windsor Star, July 27, 2006
Everyday problems not always mental illness
Littleton Independent, July 20, 2006
Suicide prevention funding protested
NewsWithViews.com, July 18, 2006
Drugged Civil Disobedience
OpEdnews.com, July 17, 2006
TeenScreen Mental Illness Screening In Schools - How Could This Happen?
The Baltimore Sun, July 17, 2006
Ever-growing list of mental illnesses met by skepticism
Lawyers and Settlements, July 17, 2006
Prescription Drug Pusher In Schools
Patriot Ledger, July 8, 2006
School worker pressured parent, allowed ADHD evaluation of student without Parental Consent
Planet Chiropractic, June 26, 2006
Profits in the Schoolyard
NewsWithViews.com, June 26, 2006
Mental Health, Education and Social Control
Times Herald, June 22, 2006
Mental Health Screening is Totally Bogus
The Record Searchlight (Redding, CA), June 19, 2006
Comments from All Over
Psychiatric News, June 16, 2006
Curie Announces Resignation As SAMHSA Director
thepeoplesvoice.org, June 16, 2006
What Teenscreen Doesn't Want You to Know about Parental Consent
Washington Post, June 16, 2006
TeenScreen provides "Hilda" to Washington Post
Washington Post, June 16, 2006
Suicide-Risk Tests for Teens Debated
Independent American Party of Nevada, June 15, 2006
TeenScreen? What you need to know
Sploid, June 9, 2006
Crazy Pills for All American Kids!
California Chronicle, June 5, 2006
Would You Give Your Child Cocaine?
Oregon State University, The Daily Barometer, 05/31/2006
Letter: "For Heaven's sake! Think for Yourselves"
Psyched Out, May 29, 2006
Something Wicked This Way Comes.
jointogether.org, May 26, 2006
SAMHSA Director Submits Resignation
ifeminists.com, May 24, 2006
The Trouble With TeenScreen
The National Journal, May 20, 2006
Mental Health - Nature or Nuture?
United Press International, May 18, 2006
Screening for Teen Depression
OpEdNews.com, May 14, 2006
The Plan to Drug American School Children
htrnews.com, Manitowoc Wisconsin, May 12, 2006
Re Prevention Program Funded by Federal Grant
thepeoplesvoice.org, May 10, 2006
TeenScreen and Psychiatry - Pseudo-Science or Scam?
psychminded.co.uk, May 10, 2006
Screen Test
Battle Creek Enquirer, April 8, 2006
TeenScreen Turns Kids into Mental Patients
OpEdNews.com, April 4, 2006
Is it Really Anxiety Disorder?
Toledo Blade, April 2, 2006
Psychiatric Drugs Fail Us and Our Children
Palm Coast Lifestyle Magazine, Apr/May 2006
A Questionable Questionnaire
thepeoplesvoice.org, March 28, 2006
Is it really ADHD?
The Arizona Republic, March 25, 2006
Psychiatric Screening of Kids is a Real Threat
Tucson Citizen, March 24, 2006
Effects of antipsychotic drugs
Magic City Morning Star, March 21, 2006
Government's Big Lie
Tampa Tribune, March 19, 2006
Questions Raised on Teen Screening
SouthEast Messenger, March 13, 2006
Questioning TeenScreen
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, March 11, 2006
Under Intense Criticism Nationally
campusreportonline.net, March 10, 2006
Saving Kids or Doping Them
Health Lies Exposed, March 3, 2006
Crazy Makers
SouthEast Messenger, February 27, 2006
TeenScreen Not the Answer
Education News, February 22, 2006
The Psychological Harm of TeenScreen
Columbus Dispatch, February 20, 2006
TeenScreen brings Big Brother into school
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 17, 2006
Signs of Trouble
The Sierra Times, February 13, 2006
TeenScreen Calls Physical Illness a Mental Disorder
SouthEast Messenger, February 13, 2006
Is TeenScreen Needed in Pickerington Schools?
Tampa Tribune, February 12, 2006
Local Schools Lack Screening
The Minnesota Daily, February 10, 2006
TeenScreen Doesn't Work
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 09, 2006
Schools say students are referred for help. Critics fear abuse
Columbus Dispatch, February 07, 2006
TeenScreen has made suicide problem worse
The Minnesota Daily, February 07, 2006
Family Values, Not Drugs
The Minnesota Daily, February 3, 2006
Find the Cause
Elkhart Truth, February 2, 2006
Protesters Gather
Minnesota Daily, February 2, 2006
Marketing depression and turning a profit
Wisconsin Christian News, February 1, 2006
TeenScreen's Insidious Assault on our Children
The Minnesota Daily, February 1, 2006
Drugs for all
The Columbus Dispatch, January 30, 2006
Schools, critics argue value of TeenScreen
Lawyers and Settlements, January 26, 2006
Drug Marketing Scheme Hits Nation's School System
Ragged Edge Online, January 26, 2006
Schizophrenia Treatment in 7 Easy Steps
Minnesota Daily, January 25, 2006
Depression screenings faulty
American Chronicle, January 23, 2006
America The Insane
The Pilot-Independent, January 17, 2006
Another viewpoint on Suicide
South Bend Tribune, January 16, 2006
Parents now required to give consent for evaluations.
Pocono Record, January 15, 2006
No go in Pocono
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, January 9, 2006
More mental health screening a bad idea
EducationNews, January 2, 2006
The Making of Mental Patients
Psychiatric Times, January 1, 2006
Groups Press Currie on Screening
Los Angeles Times, January 1, 2006
Psychiatry's sick compulsion: turning weaknesses into diseases
Education Advocate, Jan/Feb, 2006
Harmful Questionnaire - TeenScreen
Tampa Tribune, December 31, 2005
The Drug Industry's latest money-maker
Tampa Tribune, December 31, 2005
No Suicide Epidemic Exists
Tampa Tribune, December 28, 2005
Correction
NewsWithViews.com, December 24, 2005
TeenScreen and the Created Crisis, Part II
NewsWithViews.com, December 24, 2005
TeenScreen and the Created Crisis, Part I
Chicago Daily Herald, December 22, 2005
Intrusive mental health screening
New York Times, December 18, 2005
Danger Signs
OpEd News, December 17, 2005
TeenScreen - New York Times - Danger Signs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
Mental Illness is not the Issue
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
Hands Off My Childrens' brains
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
No TeenScreen in Schools
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
TeenScreen: An Outrage
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
People with Mental Illness Deserve Better
Chicago Indy Media, December 15, 2005
The Genesis of President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
TeenScreen: Kicking a Dead Horse
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
TeenScreen: Looking for a Market Share
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
Get the Behavior Mumbo Jumbo Out of Schools
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 15, 2005
TeenScreen Just a Technique to Avoid Parenting
Star-Ledger, December 13, 2005
Survey now under siege
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 13, 2005
Corrections
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 13, 2005
TeenScreen not Based on Brain Research
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 12, 2005
Screenings prompt fears of false labels
I-Newswire.com, December 6, 2005
Kids Taking "Suicide Surveys" in Schools
Pressbox.co.uk, December 4, 2005
The Lies, The Shrinks & The Suicide Survey
Crusador, December 2005
Crazy Makers
Journal News, December 1, 2005
Our children are students, not patients
The Morning Journal, November 28, 2005
TeenScreen Frightening
NewsWithViews.com, November 27, 2005
The Myth of ADHD
Chattanooga Times Free Press, November 25, 2005
Undermining Parental Control
Eagle Forum, November 23, 2005
Activist Court Protects Mental Screening Of Kids
Illinois Times, November 23, 2005
Law Could Stigmatize Children
Illinois Family Institute, November 19, 2005
Ninth Circuit Ruling Puts Parental Rights, and Home Schools in Peril
Journal News, November 18, 2005
Don't Trust TeenScreen
Dayton Daily News, November 14, 2005
TeenScreen Responds
Associated Content, November 7, 2005
Overmedicated Youth for the Pursuit of Profit
Forest Park Review, November 1, 2005
TeenScreen in Forest Park?
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, October 31, 2005
Don't screen children for mental illness
Dayton Daily News October 28, 2005
Computer: your kid has “disorders”
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier, October 25, 2005
Teen Screen critique was correct
InfoWars.com, October 17, 2005
TeenScreen: Welcome to the Psychiatric State
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 13, 2005
Will school suicide screenings open Pandora's Box?
British Medical Journal, October 12, 2005
Re US Teenager's Parents Sue School over Depression Screening Test
The Lantern, October 10, 2005
Teen Screen funds needed elsewhere
The Lantern, October 10, 2005
Suicide Screenings Harm Students
The Lantern, October 10, 2005
Lack of Knowledge Causes Depression
The Lantern, October 7, 2005
Keep ADHD drugs away from Teens
Las Vegas Review Journal, October 2, 2005
They Don't Tolerate Competing Drug Dealers
British Medical Journal, October 1, 2005
US teenager's parents sue school over depression screening test
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 1, 2005
Debate is Heating Up
Golden Triangle Media, September 9, 2005
School Passes on Screening Teenagers
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, September 25, 2005
Beware TeenScreen
Agape Press, September 23, 2005
Attorney: School Mental Health Screenings Violate Students' Privacy, Parents' Rights
WHAS11.com, Louisville, September 21, 2005
Family sues over mental health screening at school
Dr. Laibow’s Health Freedom Blog, September 21, 2005
Please Protect Your Children From TeenScreen
Louisville Courier Journal, September 21, 2005
Girl's parents sue St. Joseph's schools
FortWayne.com, September 21, 2005
South Bend family sues over school mental test
Indianapolis Star, September 21, 2005
Mental health test spurs suit by parents
Science Daily, September 21, 2005
Indiana Teen Suicide Survey Sparks Lawsuit
South Bend Tribune, September 20, 2005
Family sues P-H-M, Madison Center, Federal Lawsuit related to teen suicide prevention screening
WNDU-TV, September 19, 2005
Lawsuit filed against PHM for Teen Screen
The Rutherford Institute, September 19, 2005
Rutherford Institute Attorneys Sue Indiana for Conducting Mental Health Screening Exam on Teenager Without Parental Consent
Toledo Blade, September 18, 2005
Opposition grows to mental-health screening by schools
Indianapolis Star, September 18, 2005
Teen privacy concerns spur suit over psych test
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, September 18, 2005
Fierce opposition arises to mental health screening in schools
British Medical Journal, September 17, 2005
TeenScreen is for Big Pharma
British Medical Journal, September 16, 2005
Bush unveils mental health action plan
Concerned Women for America, August 31, 2005
Federal Program Urges Radical Overhaul of Mental Health System
Las Vegas Review Journal, August 30, 2005
Activists say mental health screenings without parental consent could become mandatory
Campusreportonline.net, August 25, 2005
Disabled by Design
The Rutherford Institute, August 22, 2005
TeenScreen: One Family's Story
Holistic Junction, July 29, 2005
TeenScreen - Another Gross Distortion
Christian Communication Network, July 18, 2005
Shut Up and Pass the Prozac
PsychologyDebunked.com, July 17, 2005
TeenScreen: Gateway to labeling and drugging your children in the name of education
Congressional Quarterly Weekly, July 16, 2005
Battlefield Congress
Econ-Atrocity Bulletin, July 13, 2005
Mandating Mental Health
NewsWithViews.com, June 30, 2005
Mental Health, Education and Social Control
US Fed News, June 27, 2005
Federal Funding for Mental Health Screening of Kids
Salt Lake City Weekly June 23, 2005
TeenScreen letters
Agape Press, June 22, 2005
School Mental Health Screening Prompts Family's Fight for Privacy, Parental Rights
Illinois Leader, June 21, 2005
Readers react to TeenScreen, compulsory mental health screening -- 5 letters
Abdul in the Morning! NewsTalk 1430 AM, June 17, 2005
Test without Consent
LincolnDailyNews.com, June 17, 2005
Gov. Blagojevich's mental health plan sparks lawsuit against school in Indiana
Illinois Family Institute, June 16, 2005
TeenScreen: Mental Health and the Usurpation of parental rights
Indianapolis Star, June 16, 2005
A quiz can't assess teens' mental health
The Illinois Leader, June 16, 2005
TeenScreen "intervention and prevention" tramples parental authority
Coles County Leader, June 13, 2005
TeenScreen goes too far in avoiding parental rights
CatholicCitizens.org, Catholic citizens of Illinois, June 10, 2005
Indiana family sues high school over non-consensual adolescent mental health screening
South Bend Tribune, June 9, 2005
Possible lawsuit looms in TeenScreen school case
WNDU-TV, June 8, 2005
Osceola family suing over teen screen survey
Dissident Voice, June 7, 2005
Portrait of Laurie Flynn, TeenScreen's Top Pill Pusher
Illinois Family Institute, June 3, 2005
Mental Health: teen screening and parental consent
OpEdNews.com, May 29, 2005
TeenScreen - Who pays for treatment and drugs?
Holistic Junction, May 23, 2005
Bush: Texas 2 step - TeenScreen & TMAP
CounterPunch.org, May 21, 2005
TeenScreen, State-Drugging and Suicide
Practical Homeschooling, May 1, 2005
A clear and present danger
TruthOut.org, April 25, 2005
Bush-Backed Drug Marketing Schemes
Tampa Tribune, April 20, 2005
Know Facts About Drugging Children
OnLine Journal, April 18, 2005
Crusader for kids against TeenScreen
Dissident Voice, April 12, 2005
TeenScreen: Angel of Mercy or Pill Pusher
Des Moines Register, March 21, 2005
Schools' suicide survey examined
The Truth, March 2, 2005
Screening program suspended
South Bend Tribune, March 1, 2005
Mental health screening test under study
Psychiatric Times, March 1, 2005
Mental Health Screening Controversy Continues
WNDU-TV, February 29, 2005
Heated Discussion at PHM Board Meeting
South Bend Tribune, February 26, 2005
P-H-M school chief: Further use of TeenScreen will be postponed for review
WNDU-TV, February 25, 2005
Parents seek to eliminate suicide survey
Tampa Bay Newspapers, February 1, 2005
Shern's Assertions Just aren't Convincing
US Fed News, January 31, 2005
Rep. Paul: Don't Let Congress Fund Orwellian Psychiatric Screening of Kids
South Bend Tribune, January 28, 2005
TeenScreen process angers some
Ifeminists.com, January 26, 2005
NAMI Is Dead Wrong On Mental Health Screening
South Bend Tribune, January 25, 2005
P-H-M to review mental health test
Red Flags, January 24, 2005
Screening America's children for mental illness: fallacy or fraud?
Christian Science Monitor, January 20, 2005
Screening a child's mind
South Bend Tribune, January 19, 2005
Student's parents object to Teenscreen notice
Home Education Magazine, January 2005
Increased Mental Health Screening? Are You Crazy!?!
Welland Tribune (Ontario), December 22, 2004
Republicans have Family Under Political Attack
New York Post, December 5, 2004
Pill Pushers in HS Suicide-Screening Program
American Family Physician, December 1, 2004
No Evidence that Screening for Suicide Risk Reduces Suicide Attempts or Mortality
NewsWithViews.com, November 29, 2004
The New Freedom: Old Orwellian Doublethink
EagleForum.org, November 24, 2004
No Child Left Unmedicated
EagleForum.org, November 24, 2004
No Child Left Unmedicated
The New American, November 15, 2004
Psychiatry and the State
The New American, November 15, 2004
Planned Therapeutic Nanny State
The Washington Times, October 31, 2004
Go slow on mental health screening
The Rutherford Institute, October 18, 2004
An Orwellian Nightmare: Mandatory Mental Health Screening of Children
The Washington Times, October 17, 2004
Bush's Brave New World
NewsWithViews.com, August 27, 2004
Compulsory Mental Health Screening is Coming
The Illinois Leader, July 26, 2004
Leader readers express outrage with mental health screening plan for expectant mothers and children 18 yrs and younger
British Medical Journal, June 19, 2004
Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness
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