Questions & Answers on

What is TeenScreen?

How was the TeenScreen test constructed?

What is the underlying purpose of the TeenScreen Questions?

How did TeenScreen develop?

What is TMAP?

Since its inception,
what do we know about TMAP?

What has been the outcome of the TMAP-like programs so far in this country?

Are psychiatric drugs safe for children?

Are psychiatric drugs effective with children?

Does early biochemical intervention improve a child’s future mental health?

Can we accurately diagnose mental illness in young children?

Are children who should be treated for mental illness not being treated?

Are psychiatric diagnoses scientifically validated and non-controversial  among experts in the field?

Does TeenScreen work?

Is the TeenScreen Test reliable?

Is drugging children effective?

Is TeenScreen scientifically validated & effective at preventing suicide? (How effective is it as a diagnostic tool?)  (part 1)

Is TeenScreen scientifically validated & effective at preventing suicide? (How effective is it as a diagnostic tool?)  (part 2)

Is TeenScreen scientifically validated & effective at preventing suicide? (How effective is it as a diagnostic tool?)  (part 3)

What happens to a child falsely labeled?

What is the impact of the questionnaire itself on the child?

Is informed parental consent a component of the TeenScreen program?

Is the decision to treat a child with psychiatric drugs always between parents and their physician?

How extensive is TeenScreen?  How many States are involved?

What other screening programs are in use?

What is the underlying motivation for TeenScreen? (1)

What is the underlying motivation for TeenScreen? (2)

Who will profit from these programs?

Who will suffer from these programs?

What are the real costs
of Teen Screen?

Who Pays for TeenScreen? (1)

Who Pays for TeenScreen? (2)

What are some of the political ties in TeenScreen?

What has been the role of the American Psychiatric Association in promoting TeenScreen?

Why should we not put the pharmaceutical industry in charge of our mental health in America?

Is there a childhood suicide epidemic in the United States?

Have psychiatric drugs in any way been implemented in suicides and death? (1)

Have psychiatric drugs in any way been implicated in suicides and death? (2)

What is the position of The International Center For The Study Of Psychiatry & Psychology, (ICSPP), in terms of TeenScreen?

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Active and Informed Consent?

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