CONCERNS OVER SUBJECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS LEADING TO OVER-PRESCRIPTION OF PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS AND MAJOR PROFITS FOR BIG PHARMA

It has become increasingly alarming to me to see legislation pending in Congress related to various mental health screenings. Most who are unaware would see this as a positive attempt to help those undergoing emotional distress. However, we see that young children, post-partum mothers, schoolchildren, and the elderly are all included. We also see who is encouraging such legislation, such groups as NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) and Big Pharma. NAMI receives a great deal of funding from the pharmaceutical industry. The drive for these screenings is not a humanitarian effort but an effort to find new sources of profit from every group imaginable through the use of subjective screening. These screens have a high false positive rate and often lead to the prescribing of powerful psychiatric drugs.
I have personally served as a consultant and had a number of clients who have come to me because they became violent or suicidal from psychiatric drugs. In addition, one client began having severe depression and halluncination which led to a psychiatrist labeling him with schizophrenia however this abated once proper withdrawal of the drug in collaboration with a physician occurred.

Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D.
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