Bush Psych. Screening of USA Kids Challenged

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[sSRI-Research] Bush Psych. Screening of USA Kids Challenged

 

 

 

NEWS: Bush Psych. Screening of USA Kids Challenged

 

 

NEWS RELEASE - 1 May 2005

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ph: 541-345-9106

 

MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES WARN USA AT NEWS

CONFERENCE AND PROTEST IN FRONT OF

PHRMA HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.:

 

" The Psychiatric Drug Industry Is Targeting Your Kids! "

 

Hear the latest on a free international radio

call-in show also available via the Internet.

 

Advocates, attorneys, mental health professionals and activists

from throughout the USA are meeting this weekend at the American

University Washington College of Law to launch a campaign to

" just say no " to psychiatric drug industry screening programs.

 

" Drug corporations have America's youth in their cross hairs, "

said David Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International, a

co-sponsor of the Action Conference, which included human

rights activists from British Columbia to Hungary.

 

President Bush announced he wants universal screening of

*all* youth in the USA by programs developed by the psychiatric

drug industry, and these advocates are sounding the alarm.

 

A new investigation by _Mother Jones_ magazine (May/June 2005)

revealed that the drug industry is misusing programs that sound

good on the surface to harvest more clients for drugging.

 

Conference participants said they will announce a new national

campaign to oppose Bush's national screening program at a news

conference directly in front of the headquarters of the

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

in Washington, DC at noon on Monday, 2 May 2005. This

will be followed by a peaceful protest.

 

Activists also vowed to bring their allegations about President

Bush's abuse of the mental health system to the international

community via the United Nations and World Health Organization.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THESE WEB SITES:

 

* For more info about the news conference & protest with

downloadable poster, news release and letter to PhRMA see:

 

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/5-2-05-protest.shtml

 

* For a summary of the new _Mother Jones_ article & photo in the

May/June 2005 issue exposing how Bush's screening programs is

already dosing children even over the parents' wishes:

 

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/05/medicating_aliah.html

 

* For complete text of article in _Mother Jones_ May/June 2005 issue:

 

http://www.aapd-dc.org/News/disability/Jonesdrugs.html

 

* For background on the Bush plan to screen every American

child -- and adult -- using psychiatric drug corporation programs:

 

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/bush_psychiatry.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

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