Computerized evaluations process data more quickly, helping to target most serious cases
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from:msnbc.comColleges get high-tech with health screenings
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Of course, it won't matter what the screening results are, the answer will always be some mind-killing drug under the pretense that is meant to help.
You are right there. Test probably comes from some drug company. And who in their right mind is going to answer personal questions into a computer program that can later be hacked?
Hmmmm......"suggested they might use antidepressants with therapy".....yep, there's the culprit right there. Why do I have a bad feeling that many college students are soon going to be labeled and drugged? Why do I have ANOTHER bad feeling that Big Pharma is in on this somehow and we just haven't figured it out? The whole thing just seems off to me. I mean, talk therapy is fine, but drugs are a little extreme and should be the LAST, most extreme option.
Computerized screenings.....sounds like the TeenScreen BS that hit a bunch of high schools. I'm not sure if that was computerized or not, but the facts are that this screening led to kids being drugged.....a girl who took the TeenScreen survey was labeled with both "OCD" because she said she liked to help out around the house, and "antisocial personality disorder" because one of her answers said that she "didn't like to party much". Her parents filed a lawsuit against the school before any "treatment" began.
Hopefully the students are smart enough not to get sucked into taking drugs, and hopefully this "screening" doesn't find its way into other colleges....unless it already has.
Wow, what did people do in the 70's and 80's without all that pharmaceutical help? The list of side effects that go with anti-depressants is scarier than being depressed. The T.V. commercials even advertise anti-depressants for anti-depressants. Beware, you may get a nervous tick or twitch that can become permanent. Think is time for the documentary factory to roll out a story on people burned by the list of side effects. Liked the articles suggestion that we should all keep a journal, that there is power in simplicity. Also think is cool that young people have somewhere to go for help. Personally, I would have a problem answering daily texts recording my moods. Who is on the other side?
Cavey, I think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned TV commercials. The US is just about the only country in the world where prescription drugs can be advertised. It is disgraceful.
Advertisement creates demand - if it didn't, no company would sink their money into marketing. The kids in school today grew up seeing and hearing these advertisements and so think that all problems can be handled by medication, instead of learning to deal with the stresses of normal life.