| Apa supresses story of mental screening Original Source Link: (May no longer be active) http://www.psych.org/join_apa/mb/newsletters/advocacy/AdvNewsJuly2004.htm#21http://www.psych.org/join_apa/mb/newsletters/advocacy/AdvNewsJuly2004.htm#21
11. Freedom Commission Roadmap Awaited The release of the first iteration of the roadmap to operationalize the findings of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health is imminent. We will disseminate the document when it is unveiled. On a related note, the British Medical Journal, in anticipation of the roll-out, alleged in a disjointed story that the Bush administration will announce a plan to screen all Americans for mental disorders and promote antidepressant and antipsychotic drug use – allegations which we are told are well beyond the scope of anything the administration has planned and which seem to stem from a psychiatric survivors group. The BMJ story has gained some traction in derivative reports on the Internet, though mainstream media have not touched the story, in part thanks to APA’s work, for which the administration is appreciative.
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