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Don’t let Illinois schools pathologize children

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07.09.2025

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-Ill.) recently signed a bill that would “implement annual mental health screenings” in Illinois public schools beginning in third grade, starting during the 2027-28 school year.

Parents can opt out — and they all should.

For over a half-century, psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz warned of “The Myth of Mental Illness” — the tendency by social workers,........

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