Across the country people are finding out about mental health
screening of children.

You can back Mari Carroll up by writing a letter to the editor here:
http://tinyurl.com/6yjy34

North Kitsap Herald (Poulsbo, Washington)
TeenScreen has a downside
July 05, 2008

I am writing in response to a May 28 article, “Saving Lives One Teen
at a Time.” John Perona from Kitsap Mental Health shared his goal to
screen Kitsap teenagers for mental health issues with the intention of
providing “intervention.” According to the article, this goal would be
accomplished by the implementation of a program called “TeenScreen,” a
combined effort between the school districts, Kitsap Mental Health and
the Kitsap County Health District.

In most cases, “intervention” means referral to psychiatric services
and treatment with psychotropic drugs (the ones with the FDA Black Box
warnings). A survey of child psychiatrists conducted by “The Journal
of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry” found that
nine out of 10 patients were prescribed drugs.