[carenot]

It pointed to a program begun during George Bush's governorship of Texas called the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), which set a standard operating procedure within a flow chart allowing psychiatrists to identify and medicate possible conditions.

One of the reasons I didn't vote for President Bush.

[LuLuLuLu]

This is a very, very bad idea. Good parents will get caught up in the CPS system and will be treated like criminals.

Eight years ago my now 21 year old daughter was suffering from teenaged angst. Since her older sister had been diagnosed with clinical depression, I did what I thought was the responsible thing, and had her see a doctor.

We had great insurance at the time, so the doc decided that my daughter needed to not only be medicated, but also hospitalized.

My daughter told a hospital doc that she didn't "like" being at home, so CPS got involved. It was a nightmare of epic proportions. I was sujected to home visits by a 21 year old "advocate" who knew as much about parenting as I do about brain surgery.

[DoughtyOne]

I didn't the first time, even though I didn't want to see Gore in there. I did the second because I didn't care to see Kerry in there. I completely agree with your take on this though. It was a tough choice for me.

My nose is still sore.