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- Ingri Cassel

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Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:59 PM

Tell Senate "NO" to psychiatric screening of kids

 

 

This is a very well put together letter to send to our Senators, and says what needs to be said -- JUST SAY "NO" to funding and ALL screening. And it takes only a few seconds to sign the letter and have it automatically go to your legislators. ~Ingri

 

- News from AAPS

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Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:26 AM

Tell Senate "NO" to psychiatric screening of kids

 

 

 

 

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons

The Voice for Private Physicians Since 1943

1601 N. Tucson Blvd Suite 9

Tucson AZ 85716

www.aapsonline.org

 

ACTION NEEDED!

TELL SENATE TO “JUST SAY NO!” TO UNIVERSAL

PSYCHIATRIC SCREENING AND DRUGGING CHILDREN

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· Senate meets in lame duck session next week to pass appropriations bill.

· Bill includes funding for universal mental health screening & recommendations for treating children with psychotropic drugs.

· Contact your Senators this week and tell them to withdraw this funding.

· Click-through to send letter to your Senators in less than a minute.

· Physicians: Print out flyer for your patients!

· Please forward this message to everyone.

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The Senate will re-convene next week in a lame duck session with the sole purpose of passing an omnibus appropriations bill – work left incomplete before the elections.

 

Included in the current version of the appropriations bill is funding for grants to implement universal mental health screening for almost 60 million children, pregnant women, and adults through schools and pre-schools.

 

The bill would fund initiatives of the “New Freedom Commission on Mental Health,” including a program designed to subject every school age child in this country to psychological testing and recommendations for treatment.

 

The House has already voted to appropriate $20 million for the scheme, and the Senate wants to bump it up to $44 million.

 

This is a dangerous scheme that will heap even more coercive pressure on parents to medicate children with potentially dangerous side effects. Further, even the government’s own task force has concluded that mental health screening does little to prevent suicide.

 

Tell the Senate leadership to remove the funding for grants to implement the recommendations of the New Freedom Commission in Mental Health from the omnibus appropriations bill.

 

Take action now and tell the Senate not to fund any programs that call for universal mental health screening of our children.

 

Here's how to help:

 

EVERYONE:

 

We now have an easy, one-step way for everyone to send a letter to their Senators, courtesy of the Health Action Center run by “Citizens for Health.”

 

All you need to do is

 

Enter your name and address, and a letter will automatically be sent to your

Senators, with your signature. It takes about one minute.

 

 

DOCTORS & HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS:

If you are a doctor, CLICK HERE to download a one-page flyer to copy and distribute at your office and hospital starting today!

 

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons

1601 Tucson Blvd. Suite 9

Tucson, AZ 85716

(800) 635-1196

(520) 325-4230 Fax

 

www.aapsonline.org

 

 

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