JB Pritzker’s school-screening law mandates more mental illness — and your state could be next, parents

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed a bill to compel all Illinois schools to offer students mental-health screenings. Pritzker proclaimed the new law “is a national first worth celebrating.”

But his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative is far likelier to produce more jobs for therapists than better health for pupils.

Academic achievement levels in Illinois schools have sharply declined in recent years, but that’s not stopping politicians from further intruding into students’ lives and minds.

Therapy can help individuals deal with their struggles and crises. But permitting schools to pirouette as saviors is perilous considering today’s unhinged notions of mental health.

The American Psychological Association designated traditional masculinity a de facto mental