Re: Bush Plans to Screen Whole US Population For Mental Illness

From: Bam (scimedmonitor_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:39:23 -0800

STARTING WITH HIMSELF I HOPE?????

JOB SECURITY!!

"leslie" <LESLIE@JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM> wrote in message
news:PbIAc.1736$1L2.1094@fe1.texas.rr.com...
>
> http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7454/1458
> Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness
>
> "Jeanne Lenzer
> New York
>
> A sweeping mental health initiative will be unveiled by President
> George W Bush in July. The plan promises to integrate mentally ill
> patients fully into the community by providing "services in the
> community, rather than institutions," according to a March 2004
> progress report entitled New Freedom Initiative
> (www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom/toc-2004.html). While some
> praise the plan's goals, others say it protects the profits of drug
> companies at the expense of the public.
>
> Bush established the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in April
> 2002 to conduct a "comprehensive study of the United States mental
> health service delivery system." The commission issued its
> recommendations in July 2003. Bush instructed more than 25 federal
> agencies to develop an implementation plan based on those
> recommendations.
>
> The president's commission found that "despite their prevalence,
> mental disorders often go undiagnosed" and recommended comprehensive
> mental health screening for "consumers of all ages," including
> preschool children. According to the commission, "Each year, young
> children are expelled from preschools and childcare facilities for
> severely disruptive behaviours and emotional disorders." Schools,
> wrote the commission, are in a "key position" to screen the 52
> million students and 6 million adults who work at the schools..."
>

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