Does your 'Mental Health' meet global standards?

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KD Weber <wvadreamin

 

Friday, 15 August 2003 12:46

Does your 'Mental Health' meet global standards?

 

 

Does your 'Mental Health' meet global standards?

 

FULL STORY: http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2003/1-mental.htm

 

A WHO (World Health Organization) agency named " Nations for Mental Health "

was established to guide the national branches of this global network

founded by Dr. Chisholm. Its website tells us that " Governments will be

assisted to formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate mental health

policies.... " These " policies should enable all individuals whose mental

health is disturbed or whose psychological balance may be compromised to

obtain services adapted to their needs, and to promote the optimal

development of the mental health of the population. " 4

 

 

 

Do you wonder how nations will define, measure, monitor and promote " the

optimal mental health of the population " ? It starts with subtle, even

secret, legislation.

 

 

 

Back in 1960, Dr. Lewis Alesen, former surgeon and president of California

Medical Association, wrote this timely warning:

 

" ... the proponents of the mental health program have been quick to

elaborate a series of legislative proposals.... This is the age-old

subterfuge of the collectivist, whose only solution for any problem, be it

economic, social or political, is the passage of another law, the imposition

of another tax, and the establishment of another bureau. " 5

 

He is right. Year after year, new laws that widen the web of surveillance --

and new regulations that ban " hate, " " intolerance " and other broad and

ambiguous threats to " unity " -- have been building an inescapable framework

for control.

 

 

 

" We have a clear blueprint in place, " announced Surgeon-General David

Satcher at the " National Healthy People Consortium " meeting in 1998.

" Currently, 47 states are actively involved in Healthy People 2000 and

'Healthy City and Healthy Community' initiatives are being pursued

throughout the country. Hundreds of national organizations have reviewed the

Year 2000 objectives and have adopted them as their own. ... No priority yet

has generated as much interest and enthusiasm as this one on mental

health... "

 

 

 

" ...our efforts will be focused on maintaining a system of global health

surveillance, " he continued. " Healthy People 2010 is the United States'

contribution to the World Health Organization's call to the nations of the

world to renew their commitment to health for all. " 6 [emphasis added]

 

 

 

On April 29, 2002, President George W. Bush added his support to this

massive network by signing an Executive Order with the questionable title,

" President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. " It established a

commission which bound the Departments of Health and Human Services,

Education and Labor together in a common quest for " the desired outcomes of

mental health care, which are to attain each individual's maximum level of

employment, self-care, interpersonal relationships, and community

participation. " 7

 

 

 

That may sound fine to some of you. After all, mental illness has devastated

countless lives and families around the world. But this vast new mental

surveillance and remediation program reaches far beyond actual mental

illness. The misleading title and innocuous goals are needed to pacify the

masses and prevent opposition. In his 1960 book, Mental Robots, Dr. Lewis A.

Alesen, described this age-old tactic:

 

" Most of the almost innumerable books, pamphlets, and other publications

issued by the sponsors of the mental health program are purposely and

craftily disingenuous, disguising its real and ultimate purpose: ... the

ultimate reduction of every individual in this world, except the favored few

who conceive of themselves as possessed of an incomparable genius in their

ability to direct the affairs of others, into... a common servile obeisance

to his master, the State.... " 8

 

President Bush assures us that his new " Freedom Commission " (subtitled

" Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America " ) would

" follow the principles of Federalism. " Instead, it actually paves the way

for an official cradle-to-grave behavioral modification and monitoring

system that would turn those treasured principles upside-down. To " ensure

that its recommendations would promote innovation, flexibility, and

accountability at all levels of government " this Commission need only

" respect " -- not accept or acknowledge -- " the constitutional role of the

States. " That's not the Federalism guaranteed in our Constitution.9

 

 

 

Eight months after President Bush signed this Executive Order, his new

" Freedom Commission on Mental Health " presented its report. Like the

Homeland Security Act, the report focused on " prevention " . To globalist

managers who would conform our thinking to a communitarian ideal, prevention

implies a continual program of assessing, monitoring and molding every

mind -- before any evidence of " unhealthy " thinking appears. The following

excerpts from its " Goal 4: Early Mental Health Screening, Assessment and

Referral to Services " presents the persuasive " scientific " evidence needed

to gain public support:

 

" New understanding of the brain indicates that early identification and

interventions can sharply improve outcomes and that longer periods of

abnormal thoughts and behavior have cumulative effects and can limit

capacity for recovery....

 

" Since children develop rapidly, delivering mental health services

and supports early and swiftly is necessary to avoid permanent consequences

and to ensure that children are ready for school. Emerging neuroscience

highlights the ability of environmental factors to shape brain development

and related behavior...

 

" Early interventions, such as the Nurse-Family Partnership, and

educational efforts can help a greater number of parents, the public, and

providers learn about the importance of the first years of a child's life

and how to establish a foundation for healthy social and emotional

development. "

 

" A coordinated, national approach to these issues will help

eliminate social and emotional barriers to learning.... More effort is

needed to heighten public awareness of the developmental requirements for

children's social and emotional well-being....10

 

What is meant by " eliminate social and emotional barriers to learning " ?

Might it include parental objections to government interference? Or the

constitutional rights that protect religious freedom? If so, it would match

Dr. Chisholm's blueprint for " mental health. " Referring to his message you

read earlier, he asked, " Can such a program of re-education... be charted? "

 

The answer is yes, and each year brings us closer to this sobering reality.