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Depressed? Now you will be...
While working on a comment to my previous post (about New York City's new plan to encourage primary care doctors to screen patients for depression), I discovered that the Bush administration has been pushing to expand mental health screening nationally. Why is this a problem? Well, for one thing, according to the MindFreedom Support Coalition, a human's rights group, pharmaceutical companies, in conjunction with the (scary) American Enterprise Institute, are writing the rules. And those rules call for more coercive treatments such as forced (court-ordered) drugging. For background, check out MindFreedom's FAQ on President Bush and the Shrinking of the USA. (More articles here.)
Posted by Carrie McLaren on 04/17/2005 | Permalink
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I couldn't find any link from Mindfreedom group to the Scientologists.
What is the front-group they run with the very similar name? Ya know, celebrities testifying before congress about Ritalinized children in our schools?
Posted by: Josh Guttmacher | Apr 29, 2005 6:14:22 PM
No idea. I'm pretty sure Mindfreedom has no connection to Scientology (though it's such a terrible name, you'd think it would be).
Scientologists are anti-psychiatry but only because psychiatrists are anti-cult.
Posted by: carrie | Apr 29, 2005 9:54:47 PM
