This is the third time I ask, whose paranoid are you?

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 (http://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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I first read about this, this morning, here, at World Net Daily, and then went to do a quick search on the "Texas Medication Algorithm Project" at Google and then the Google groups. The former is where I found the link to the article above, and I am using it, because of the doctor’s responses, which are quite elucidating.

Curiously, there was very little newsgroup postings related to this project, only thirty-six (36) whereas there was nine-hundred and seventeen (917) hits via Google. However, there was much more on the initiative itself, and you can find the results here and there, but again, very little traffic on the public newsgroups on this topic- though I suspect that this will change quite a bit over the next week or so.

I do not fully think that this may be a bit of FUD, and am posting this for your, and my, continued research, and please remember- TRUST NO ONE.

--WP