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Troubled Children Exposed to Psych Treatments Causing More Harm_ NYT Print E-mail
Monday, 23 October 2006
The most striking acknowledgement in this sad story underscores the shaky foundation upon which the field of child psychiatry rests is the following statement by a Harvard University child psychiatrist: "When she was almost 8... Haley met full criteria for virtually every mental disorder listed."
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Testimony Against SF 2841-Minnesota - Preschool Socioemotional Screening--Karen Effrem, MD. Print E-mail
Sunday, 12 March 2006
I am here in vigorous opposition to SF 2841 that would implement mental health screening for three-year-old children entering public school.
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TeenScreen - "Under Intense Criticism Nationally" Print E-mail
Saturday, 11 March 2006
 The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports (below): "TeenScreen, developed by a Columbia University professor, has come under intense criticism nationally."
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'Debate'- Case Against Scientific Validity of Mental Screens-- NAS- Sci-Tech Policy Fellows Seminar Print E-mail
Monday, 27 February 2006

The importance of debate  in science cannot be overstated. Without the challenge of debate, science is dominated by "authorities" who provide only the veneer of science without substance supported by evidence. Correct url for power point: http://www.ahrp.org/children/teenscreen/debateNAS0206.ppt

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Screening Debate at NAS--TeenScreen Architect Pulls Out Print E-mail
Saturday, 25 February 2006
Dr. David Shaffer, the architect of TeenScreen, withdrew from the debate. It was explained to me that when he withdrew, Dr. Shaffer said the debate would not be "scientific enough."
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