The following is a letter I am sending to The New England Journal of medicine. Please join me in protesting this blatant example of advertising masquerading as an informative article. Leslee
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Dear Editor
Regarding “Uncovering an Epidemic — Screening for Mental Illness in Teens” by Richard A. Friedman, M.D.
I strongly object to The New England Journal of medicine throwing away its own reputation by allowing itself to be used in a misguided effort to legitimize the sleazy marketing ploy known as “Teenscreen”.
The credibility of The New England Journal of medicine has been badly damaged by choosing to publish this blatant example of advertising masquerading as an informative article.
I suggest that in order to recover its reputation,The N.E.J.M hire a reputable investigative reporter to research and expose Teenscreens long history of unethical behavior.
From the funneling of pharmaceutical moneys thru front groups such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, to its history of screening children without parental consent to its refusal to show its “test” to parents and school board members; the teenscreen organization has shown itself to be secretive and dishonest.
With its absurdly high rate of false positives,Teenscreen is a program that is as likely to do great harm as good. Look deeper and you will discover that this is nothing more than a furtive scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry to sell more drugs.
The New England Journal of medicine has much to lose by aligning itself with insidious corporate PR firms and disreputable organizations. If The New England Journal of medicine continues to allow itself to be used to launder the filthy reputations of organizations such as teenscreen, The Journal will cease to have relevance and indeed will end up with no more prestige than the real-estate magazines produced by realtors to order to sell houses.
In order to maintain its high professional standards The New England Journal of medicine must now expose Teenscreen for what it is, a conniving, mendacious effort to further expand the coffers of a bloated and devious pharmaceutical industry.
By the way, Teenscreen claims that its only critics are scientologists.
I have no connection to the Church of Scientology what so ever.
Sincerely
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Contact: Karen Pedersen
(781) 434-7847
E-mail: mediasupport@nejm.org
Dear Editor
Regarding “Uncovering an Epidemic — Screening for Mental Illness in Teens” by Richard A. Friedman, M.D.
I strongly object to The New England Journal of medicine throwing away its own reputation by allowing itself to be used in a misguided effort to legitimize the sleazy marketing ploy known as “Teenscreen”.
The credibility of The New England Journal of medicine has been badly damaged by choosing to publish this blatant example of advertising masquerading as an informative article.
I suggest that in order to recover its reputation,The N.E.J.M hire a reputable investigative reporter to research and expose Teenscreens long history of unethical behavior.
From the funneling of pharmaceutical moneys thru front groups such as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, to its history of screening children without parental consent to its refusal to show its “test” to parents and school board members; the teenscreen organization has shown itself to be secretive and dishonest.
With its absurdly high rate of false positives,Teenscreen is a program that is as likely to do great harm as good. Look deeper and you will discover that this is nothing more than a furtive scheme concocted by the pharmaceutical industry to sell more drugs.
The New England Journal of medicine has much to lose by aligning itself with insidious corporate PR firms and disreputable organizations. If The New England Journal of medicine continues to allow itself to be used to launder the filthy reputations of organizations such as teenscreen, The Journal will cease to have relevance and indeed will end up with no more prestige than the real-estate magazines produced by realtors to order to sell houses.
In order to maintain its high professional standards The New England Journal of medicine must now expose Teenscreen for what it is, a conniving, mendacious effort to further expand the coffers of a bloated and devious pharmaceutical industry.
By the way, Teenscreen claims that its only critics are scientologists.
I have no connection to the Church of Scientology what so ever.
Sincerely
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