CCHR Leaked Emails Detail Scientology's Underhanded Tactics In Attacking Psychiatry - Page 3
And report compliance by email.
Thank you!
Doyle
By the way, TeenScreen's mission statement is:
The Columbia University TeenScreen Program is a national mental health and suicide risk screening program dedicated to helping parents find teens with the known risk factors for suicide by making voluntary mental health check-ups available to all American families.
In all fairness, TeenScreen is a controversial campaign and many groups besides CCHR and Scientology oppose its use. The main concern expressed over TeenScreen is the "passive consent" use to administer the screen, or in otherwords, parents have criticized the process for being administered to students in a school setting without parental consent. TeenScreen addressed this by requiring parental consent forms for any student using the screening in a public schools. Private schools and institutions can still administer the screening.
The other issue is effectiveness of the screening. So far no reliable empirical or collected data have shown the screening reduces the number of suicides within teens. The test has come under fire also for being too generic and not comprehensive enough to really give an appropriate diagnosis.
It's not surprising so many people oppose this process. Psychiatrists, psychologists and physicians alike frequently point to the importance of a wide variety of methods and evaluations needed before diagnosing any kind of underlying issue. Surely a "ten-minute" test isn't comprehensive enough to diagnose anyone. This however, does not mean TeenScreen doesn't have the right intention, unlike say CCHR who wishes to outlaw the entire practice of psychiatry and psychology.
There are a total of 87 leaked emails which give incredible insight into the mindset of CCHR and its parent company the Church of Scientology. I encourage anyone interested to download the data and read it over for yourself.
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