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DPS-8 Part 4

38. How often were you not able to do things or go places with your family because of the way you felt or acted?
a. A lot of the time
b. Some of the time
c. Hardly ever
d. Not at all
39. Were you not able to do things or go places because:
a. You were feeling anxious or worried?
b. You were feeling sad or depressed?
c. Problems with your behavior?
d. Problems with alcohol or drugs?
e. Other things you did?
40. How often did the way you were feeling or acting make it difficult to do your schoolwork or cause problems with your grades?
a. A lot of the time
b. Some of the time
c. Hardly ever
d. Not at all
41. Did you have problems with your schoolwork or grades because of:
a. You were feeling anxious or worried?
b. You were feeling sad or depressed?
c. Problems with your behavior?
d. Problems with alcohol or drugs?
e. Other things you did?
42. How often were your teachers annoyed or upset with you because of the way you were feeling or acting?
a. A lot of the time
b. Some of the time
c. Hardly ever
d. Not at all
43. Were you teachers annoyed or upset because of:
a. You were feeling anxious or worried?
b. You were feeling sad or depressed?
c. Problems with your behavior?
d. Problems with alcohol or drugs?
e. Other things you did?
44. How often did the way you were feeling or acting make you feel bad or feel upset?
a. A lot of the time
b. Some of the time
c. Hardly ever
d. Not at all
45. Did you feel bad or upset because of:
a. You were feeling anxious or worried?
b. You were feeling sad or depressed?
c. Problems with your behavior?
d. Problems with alcohol or drugs?
e. Other things you did?
46. Have you been to see someone at a hospital, or at a clinic because of the way you were feeling or acting?
a. yes
b. no
47. Did you go to see someone because of:
a. You were feeling anxious or worried?
b. You were feeling sad or depressed?
c. Problems with your behavior?
d. Problems with alcohol or drugs?
e. Other things you did?”?
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Funding for TeenScreen

The mantra is that TeenScreen is free. Of course, we all know nothing is free. It turns out ''free'' means ''no fee to students''. TeenScreen is funded by grants by:

-PLSD
-Fairfield County ADAMH
-Fairfield County United Way
-Columbus Foundation
-Fairfield County Foundation

Yes, fellow taxpayers, your tax dollars are paying for TeenScreen twice - through the Pickerington school district and Fairfield County ADAMH!

I still need to find out how much the PLSD and Fairfield County ADAMH are paying.

Is this the best use of the school district's money?

Thanks

Katelyn -

Thanks so much for passing this information along. This is precisely the kind of posting that I hoped to see when I agreed to take on this website.

By Coyote

TeenScreen Conflicts of Interest

David Shaffer is the creator of TeenScreen. He has strong ties to the pharmaceutical industry, which benefits immensely from having teens screened for mental disorders.

Salient points:
-He has served as an expert witness to several drug companies and as a paid consultant on psychotropic drugs
-He is the past president of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and currently on their board of directors
- GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Inc., Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, all have members on AFSP?¡?¦s board
- Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. has provided at least $1,250,000 in the AFSP?¡?¦s effort to build up a $5 million research fund and Pfizer Inc. has contributed funding for surveys
- The following corporations have provided funding for different conferences held by Shaffer?¡?¦s AFSP:
?„h Forest Laboratories, Inc.
?„h GlaxoSmithKline
?„h Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
?„h Pfizer Inc.
?„h Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
?„h Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
- Shaffer is also on the Executive Board of the ?¡?§Center for the Advancement of Children?¡?¦s Mental Health at Columbia University?¡?¨ (CACMH). This organization has partnered with the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) and has received funding from the following corporations:
?„h AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
?„h Bristol-Myers Squibb
?„h Celltech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
?„h Eli Lilly and Company
?„h Forest Labs
?„h Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
?„h Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
?„h McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals
?„h Pfizer, Inc.
- Shaffer Attempted to Block Negative British Findings. In December of 2003 British drug regulators recommended against the use of antidepressants in the treatment of depressed children under 18. They concluded that ?¡?§their benefits [the drugs] did not outweigh their potential risks?¡?¨, risks that included suicidal thoughts and self-harm.
According to a December 11, 2003, New York Times article, Shaffer sent a letter, at Pfizer's request, to block the findings of the British drug agency, saying he had concluded that there was insufficient data to restrict the use of the drugs in adolescents. Naturally if these findings were to be widely known to be true, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth-Ayerst and other large pharmaceutical companies would stand to lose BILLIONS of dollars in revenue.

http://www.teenscreentruth.com/teenscreen_key_players.html