The Battle of Big Pharma’s Domination Over Connecticut’s Behavioral Health Begins
Guest post with permission by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com
The Killingly School District case with the Connecticut Board of Education begins. The control over behavioral health is at stake.
The state of Connecticut’s efforts to take over decision-making in regard to behavioral health from the local counties begins. This effort to take power from the counties and push on the to state was reported on previously. Big Pharma sits in the periphery.
On Thursday, November 30, a hearing was held in Connecticut.
Ginny Monk at CTMirror shared the following about the hearing:
An attorney for the state of Connecticut grilled the Killingly School District’s superintendent on Thursday about what immediate actions the local Board of Education took to address students’ mental health needs after a survey revealed that nearly 15% of 7th to 12th graders had considered suicide.
