Important Mental Health Bill submitted HR 2387
Go to this website: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Type in Bill number “HR 2387″
This legislation is important and should be supported by nurses as it puts into law that all Parents will be given FULL INFORMED CONSENT before any mental health screening or intervention is initiated toward their children. It also highlights the current situation and research regarding mental health in general. Rather than nurses just taking orders and robotically administering drug therapies, nurses should be protecting HUMAN RIGHTS by using our own Nurses Code of Ethics. Informing parents and patients of the side effects of psychotropic drugs and offering them alternatives to these therapies hits into the heart of nursing…treating patients to get them better, not worse. You can see the bill also on this website under Pages labeled HR 2387.