I know that mental health systems have a long way to go, but I feel like if there were laws made so that it would enable school officials to hire professionnals to evaluate students throughout the school year (grade school, secondary school, college) i feel like schools would be able to keep better tabs on their students and if there are any red flags along the way, that the school would be able to document them better. With this option, people could atleast feel safer and some 'free' consultants for the people who can't afford it. I know that this would mean a tuition hike, but at least i would be able to give up some of my freedoms and a few thousand dollars if it meant safer environments in the long run.
2007-04-21 05:48:48 · 5 answers · asked by dputig2007 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It would probably be against the HIPPA Act and other laws that protect the individual's privacy.
2007-04-21 05:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't see it as routine due to privacy rights, but in cases where there are definite signs that mental breakdown is or has occurred, as in Cho's case, the schools should have a right to insist, for the safety of the other students, that a student be subject to a psychiatric assessment.
I happen to lean libertarian, and believe that while the rights of the individual are paramount, it is the duty of the school when the rights of the other students are legitimately threatened to step in. Cho's right to be a whackjob on his own time ended when he started harassing other students.
2007-04-21 05:58:30 · answer #2 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A) That would mean more taxpayers money out of pocket.
B) Under 18 requires parental consent and over 18 a person is not required to submit to one.
C) It is very easy to deny people work/schooling based on these results and that is a slippery slope.
2007-04-21 05:52:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would probably not be legal, but it is a good idea. Our system these days is so geared to protecting one's rights. What about the rights of the innocent bystanders that get hurt or killed?
2007-04-21 05:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by karenhar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be illegal--and should be. Tragedies happen. But we need to stop allowing would-be moral police to use them as pretexts for trying to impose themselves on people's lives.
2007-04-21 05:53:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋