Olanzapine? That's Zyprexa - used for treating schizophrenia and severe bipolarity. How many of those do they expect to find that our currently undiagnosed? Also, they won't likely be finding them in the grade schools...
They're going to get our minds right.
what will bush do to those who dont pass the screening?
Have you lost your mind, George? This is nothing but shameless grandstanding for the drug industry.
This is a joke, right? Is this a weak attempt at comedy? Did this come from The Onion? Surely, this is a joke, right? No government of the United States would ever propose something like this so it has to be a joke.
From June 2002 to April 2003, the 22 Commissioners met monthly to analyze the public and private mental health systems, visit innovative model programs across the country and hear testimony from the systems’ many stakeholders, including dozens of consumers of mental health care, families, advocates, public and private providers and administrators and mental health researchers. The Commission received feedback, comments and suggestions from nearly 2,500 people from all 50 states via personal testimony, letters, emails and a comment section on this website. In addition to public comment, the Commission consulted with nationally recognized professionals with expertise in diverse areas of mental health policy. The Commission established 15 subcommittees to examine specific aspects of mental health services and offer recommendations for improvement. The Commissioner page contains the Commission’s Membership Roster and the Subcommittee page displays the separate subcommittees and their report summaries.
The Commission will submit the final report to the President in May 2003, and the White House will, in turn, release the report soon thereafter. Once released, you will be able to access the final report on the "Reports" page of this website. The Commission wishes to thank all those who participated in this critical and historic effort. The final report to the President offers a vision of hope and recovery for people with a serious mental illness and their families.
WND has lifted something from "The Onion"?
W has pushed to educate every child, and to make sure they can all stay in class the psychiatrists (in this instance "crazy doctors") have conned him into believing that drugging kids works.
I can't believe that W bought this, it won't work, will cause immense damage and the Rats will tie this around his neck like a 1984 boat anchor.
Maybe they already put some of this stuff in his coffee.
This sounds like part of John Kennedy’s New Frontier. It led to the homeless problem in California which was blamed on Reagan. Democrats and various do-gooders believed that new "miracle" drugs and "services in the community, rather than institutions" were the answer. The movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) helped spread the do-gooder message nationwide to follow California's example.
Democrat legislation forced the release of tens of thousands leaving just about 6,500 in the institutions. Reagan cut hospital funding subsequently.
The program fizzled. Little or no federal funds. The former patients failed to take the drugs.
Or.. maybe this is for all of us when President Bush tells his co-president, Fox, "I'm re-elected now, go ahead and send the rest of 'em up here. Gracias."
God help our children who will have to live with this crap...unless WE do something about it.
[And both parties are guilty of this kind of thing. Pay no attention the the propagandists who use these issues as a reason to suuport the other guys.}
But then it may be buried in all of that bureaucratese.
WND POLL:
What do you think of President Bush's plan to screen all for mental illness?
Is this guy trying to lose election on purpose? 28.92% (59)
Just test Bush and Kerry and leave the rest of us alone 27.94% (57)
It's thoroughly unconstitutional 16.18% (33)
I think Bush has gone nuts 8.82% (18)
I'm opposed to the idea 8.33% (17)
Plan has some merit 3.43% (7)
Sounds like killing a gnat with a sledgehammer 2.45% (5)
Sounds like a good idea, but I'd like more details 1.96% (4)
Other 1.47% (3)
It's Bush's best initiative yet 0.49% (1)
When I read the title I only hoped that it might be some way to help the mentally challenged homeless population, whom I believe are NOT helped by their "freedom." I think they might be able to live freer lives if medicated, and I was picturing community waystations just for them.
Our tax dollars are SUPPOSED to help those [Americans] who truly are through no fault of their own unable to help themselves, and I am all for funding some kind of system to get mentally ill homeless into civilization, even against their will. Medication for bipolar and schizophrenia will actually make them MORE free to live better lives.
I really hope this isn't true. If it is, I am sure someone here will find a way to spin it as a good thing.
The largest expense is educating the special needs children. I am not sure how this affects school monies for different programs, but this is not a pill pushing agenda that it has been construed to be.
It appears that he plans a commission to look at the delivery of mental health care. Right now there are more problems than you can stick a shake at.
There were bounty hunters in Texas that kidnapped people out of corporate parking lots and tapped out the mental health insurance while destroying lives. These people are now on SSD and Medicare because of the corrupt MH system.
This should fix some of the corruption.
I'm at a loss, really. Everything that the American Psychiatric Association has stood for over the last few years, has proven that THIER MEMBERS should be in institutions. Anything that they praise should be immediately suspect, as they are largely a bunch of wannabe Euro-Socialists.
That said, this seems to be yet another thing that Bush has "delegated"...as is his propensity. As usual, it ended up being delegated to a bunch of people who really DO need medication. One would hope that he won't follow through?
WTF?