TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups in the News

Executive Director Laurie Flynn comments on a U.S. News & World Report article about engaging teachers to identify adolescent students with depression
U.S. News & World Report, January 18, 2012

School Screenings Successful in Identifying At-Risk Teens
Psychiatry News, September 16, 2011

Fond du Lac School District Uses Teen Mental Health Screening
Wisconsin Public Radio, September 5, 2011

Helping Your Teen. TeenScreen: Recognizing Depression in Adolescents
ABC News NOW – Healthy Living, September 2, 2011

Down Time:  Teens and Depression
Family Circle, September, 2011

Will Students Take a Mental Health Test?
Wall Street Journal, August 30, 2011

• A Test Could Have Saved Our Son
  Wall Street Journal letter-to-the editor from Sharon Smith, wife of former US Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR), September 3, 2011

Informed Patient: Screening Teens for Mental-Health Problems
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, August 30, 2011

TeenScreen’s Leslie McGuire speaks to 101.9 FM News about screening teens for mental illness (MP3)
101.9 FM News, August 30, 2011

Troubled Teens Spotted in Routine School Screenings: Study
HealthDay News, August 29, 2011

Mental health screening in secondary school
MentallyHealthy.com, August 27, 2011

At-Risk Youth ID’d in School-Based Mental Health Screening
HealthDay News, August 26, 2011

In-School Screening Picks Up Mental Health Issues
MedPage Today, August 26, 2011

High School Mental Health Screens Are Effective
PsychCentral, August 26, 2011

Mental-Health Screening of Teens at School Gets Results
Clinical Psychiatry News, August 25, 2011

The illusion of psychiatry – Dr. Mark Olson, TeenScreen’s Scientific Director, interviewed about the debate over antidepressants
Minnesota Public Radio, July 27, 2011

TeenScreen: Guide to Mental Health Screening for Adolescents
National Education Association website, July 18, 2011

TeenScreen Proactive on Mental Health – highlights TeenScreen’s Schools and Communities Program
Social Work Today, July/Aug 2011 issue

Doctors are Encouraged to Offer Mental Health Screening for Teens:  Report on TeenScreen Webinar
Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2011

Columbia University’s TeenScreen National Center Webinar
Crain’s New York Business/ Crain’s Health Pulse, June 30, 2011

Columbia University’s TeenScreen Launches Registry of Primary Care Providers That Offer Mental Health Screening for Adolescents
NEWS-Line Communications, June 13, 2011

Schools and Teen Suicide:  Letter to the Editor from TeenScreen’s Laurie Flynn
New York Post, May 25, 2011

University offers free training to screen teens’ mental health
Orlando Sentinel, May 19, 2011

Providing Knowledge and Support, Family Doctors are Key for Families Living with Mental Illness
NAMI e-Advocate Newsletter, May 2011

TeenScreen will provide ‘mental wellness’ checks for freshmen
Sioux City Journal, May 6, 2011

Depressed Teens Mostly Struggle Alone
Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2011

Panel: Tucson can be treatment leader
Arizona Daily Star, April 28, 2011

Participate in forum on mental illness issues
Arizona Daily Star, April 26, 2011

Public forum on mental health
Arizona Daily Star, April 19, 2011

Mental Health Screening Registry
Pediatric News, April 2011

Special Age, Special Doctor
Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2011

Helping Doctors to Help Teen Patients
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, March 29, 2011

Physicians Screening for Mental Illness in Teens Eligible for National Registry
American Medical News, March 28, 2011

TeenScreen Builds National Registry of Mental Health Checkup Providers
NEWS-Line for Nurse Practitioners, March 15, 2011

PAs Needed for Columbia University’s TeenScreen National Registry
American Academy of Physician Assistants, March 15, 2011

Treating Mental Illness in Primary Care — and Still Getting Paid
American Medical News, March 14, 2011

National Registry Enrolling Providers Who Give Mental Health Screenings to Teens
Contemporary Pediatrics, March 11, 2011

Time Has Come for Complete Talk on Mental Illness
TeenScreen Executive Director Laurie Flynn to speak at Tucson event about the importance of addressing mental illness in our community.
Arizona Daily Star, February 11, 2011

Rising Stress on Campus – The New York Times publishes a letter-to-the-editor from TeenScreen Executive Director Laurie Flynn about the need to address mental illness in adolescence.
New York Times, February 5, 2011

Many Get Antidepressants For No Psychiatric Reason – TeenScreen Scientific Advisor Dr. Mark Olfson speaks to Reuters.
Reuters Health, February 4, 2011

Executive Director Laurie Flynn Comments on a WBUR-FM (National Public Radio Affiliate, Boston) Series on Statewide Mental Health Screening in Massachusetts
WBUR-FM, Boston, February 2, 2011

TeenScreen Working
Crain’s Health Pulse, January 21, 2011

Military Study Finds Benefits in Mental Health Screening
New York Times, January 20, 2011

Young Men & Mental Illness
TeenScreen Scientific Advisor Mark Olfson, MD, MPH, Columbia University Professor of Clinical Psychiatry talks to PBS on the reasons for the higher risk in adolescent and young adult males.
PBS, January 12, 2011

Screening Mandate Will Be Boon to Early Mental Illness Detection
Coverage of TeenScreen-hosted policy forum in Washington, DC
Psychiatric News, December 17, 2010

Depression Treatment Boosted by Integrated Care – and Electronic Records
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, December 7, 2010

What to Do on the Way to ‘Readiness’
PediatricNews.com, November, 2010

Parenting Part II: Know when your teen is sending signs of depression
USA Today, October 25, 2010

Preventing Teen Suicide:  CBS News interviews TeenScreen and others on preventing future tragedies.
CBS News, October 2, 2010

TeenScreen Scientific Advisor Mark Olfson, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University, featured in The New York Times — Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
The New York Times, September 2, 2010

Walk for Hope to benefit depression screenings for students
Quad-City Times, August, 2010

Laurie Flynn Featured in Newsweek – Healthy Living from 13 to 18
Newsweek, June 2010

B4 itz 2 L8 – More local kids are killing themselves, and at younger ages. But experts believe we can fight back
Colorado Springs Independent, May 27, 2010

Screen children for mental health, Letter-to-the-editor from TeenScreen Executive Director Laurie Flynn about the importance of screening young people for mental illness
The Baltimore Sun, May 26, 2010

Social media builds awareness of mental health screenings
PR Week, May 18, 2010

Colorado among states trying out teen mental-health screening
The Denver Post, May 16, 2010

Height, weight and mental health: Checkups for teens to evaluate mind and body
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, May 7, 2010

Primary Care Gains Popularity as Mental Health Screening Site
Psychiatric News, April 2, 2010

Are Depression Screenings for Teens Helpful or Harmful?
[To watch a video of the segment, click here.]
ABC’s Good Morning America, June 9, 2009

Your Health: More teens get screened for depression
USA Today, April 26, 2009