teen screening

Teen Screening – Put your kids on drugs?

When my kids were growing up I wanted them to make decisions for themselves.  I was well aware that I could not always be there for them and at some point in life they would move out and be on their own.  At that point they would not have one of their parents telling them if they were doing something right or wrong or correcting them etc.  They had to learn judgement and to make their own mistakes.  As parents we helped them but we also wanted them to be 'self' determined.

Teen screening is a marketing campaign by the pharmaceutical industry.  Being a teenager is about learning and there can be some stress involved.  The stress of exams and peer pressure.  Learning that all relationships do not always work out.  The mind is an amazing thing and can work out pretty much any problem or situation if applied.  Taking a drug because one  is depressed or not feeling perfect is only going to dull the mind and make it less effective.

Here is a website with more information on Teen Screening:
http://teenscreentruth.com/
It has some great information on the subject.

They are your children and you do not have to put them on drugs no matter what the school board or 'system' says.

Posted by greymouser in Blog

Teen Screening and Depression Screening

As my kids grow I try as much as possible to expose them to cultural references that I think are valuable.  Obviously, these are things that I think are valuable but I do like to think that I've learned something in all my years.  I was talking to my youngest son about a couple of books the other day along this line.  He mentioned George Orwell's Book: 1984.  (An interesting sidenote - I told my brother in 1967 that I wanted to wait until 1984 to read it and then forgot about that conversation.  Christmas 1983 he put it under the Christmas tree for me - I was quite surprised that he remembered.  I waited the week and started reading it on the 1st of January 1984 - completed it a few days later. )

My son asked me about this book, 1984 and my reply was that I much preferred Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World.  Even then, in the 60's when I and my friends were reading books like this, we agreed that the prediction by Huxley of everyone in that future society being on some mood altering drug was a BAD thing.  Now 40 years later it is accepted as the norm.  What changed?  Many small changes over many years that conditioned us to accept things we never would have before.  Time to wake up.

Here is a great article on the whole teen and depression screening procedure and its effectiveness:
Teen Screen

Posted by greymouser in Articles on Abuses, Blog