What can NAMI leaders and families do to set the record straight on mental health screening?
Contact state and federal lawmakers to help educate them about the public health crisis in unidentified mental illnesses in children and the benefits of early identification and mental health screening. Let them know that anti-psychiatry groups are behind organizing these campaigns of misinformation; Set the record straight whenever you learn of misinformation related to mental health screening through letters to the editor, meetings with state leaders and legislators, through work with state-based coalitions and through other appropriate vehicles; and Continue to notify NAMI national about these anti-screening attacks in your state and community so that we can continue to support your advocacy work (email Dana Crudo at danac@nami.org ). June 2006 November 2006 National Center for Children in Poverty issues a new fact sheet highlighting critical issues in childrens mental health. Visit their web site http://nccp.
