Deadly Results

The tragic results of psychiatric and psychological influence on child education are apparent in numerous ways.

Kay Fradenecks, a pupil of Values Clarification, said: As a result of the indoctrination I received as a student, I began abusing drugs and became sexually promiscuous. I became pregnant twice, and twice aborted my babies, the effects of which are still evident with me today. I was applauded by my teachers for my decision to abort and encouraged to share my experience with my peers.

Another student explained: We had an English course in the sixth grade junior high whose title was Death Education. In the manual, 73 out of 80 stories had to do with death, dying, killing, murder, suicide, and what you wanted on your tombstone. One girl, a sixth grader, blew her brains out after having written a note on her front door that said what she wanted on her tombstone.

For decades, schools internationally have used death education. Apparently to deflect attention away from the negative connotation, Death Education is now also euphemistically called forensic education courses. One U.S. class involved taking students to a deserted river shoreline to observe a mock crime scene complete with a dismembered mannequin in the car trunk, a severed arm in a grocery bag and a bloody hacksaw.

A mother told of her sons drug use and subsequent suicide after Death Education classes. He had used marijuana since junior high school and, about a month before he died, he told my husband that he had decided to give up smoking pot. He went into deep depression and took his life by carbon monoxide poisoning. He left a note saying I did it because I couldn't think or nothing. Only after his death did the parents discover he had been part of a Values Clarification program with the objective: We will attempt to teach the different categories of drugs, their effect and, hopefully how to make a knowledgeable choice, using your own value system.

Depression Screening in the Classroom

Today, psychologists are calling for mandatory, universal behavioral screening and psychiatrists want mandatory depression screening. With a license to inspect every pre-schooler, psychologists falsely claim they can identify those at risk of becoming unstable, anti-social and even violent.

One teen screen program in the United States claims that if youth were found to be at risk and were treated, suicides could be prevented. The health survey asks students questions such as, Has there been a time when nothing was fun for you and you just weren't interested in anything? Has there been a time when you felt you couldn't do anything well or that you weren't as good-looking or as smart as other people? With enough checks against the question, the next questionnaire, called the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC), purportedly checks for 18 psychiatric disorders. Voila! The child is referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist and, usually, prescribed drugs.

Harvard University psychiatrist Joseph Glenmullen says the questionnaire of symptoms used to diagnose depression may look scientific, but when one examines the questions asked and the scales used, they are utterly subjective measures.

Such depression screening in the general community has undoubtedly influenced the 60 million prescriptions for antidepressants written in the U.S., about 10% of the American population, including 1.5 million children. England's Defeat Depression Campaign resulted in the prescribing of antidepressants by general practitioners rising substantially.

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