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Almost everyone is left with trauma : The impact of American s unregulated wilderness teen therapy industry
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Activists, state authorities and lawsuits filed by survivors are putting pressure on the troubled teens industry to change its ways
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Activists, state authorities and lawsuits filed by survivors are putting pressure on the troubled teens industry to change its ways
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More than 50,000 teenagers are sent away to tough love or behavioral modifications programs across the country each year.
Paris Hilton has led a charge against these programs which seeks legislative changes to the way these programs operate and the mechanisms which regulate them.
A new lawsuit counters the industry s claim that things have changed since revelations of abuse cropped up sporadically in years past.
Kenneth R. Rosen is the author, most recently, of Troubled: The Failed Promise of America s Behavioral Treatment Programs, which was published last month by Little A.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
I undertook the writing of my new book,
The reporting for this book began in 2007, when I was a teenager. Over the next year, I was admitted to three therapeutic treatment programs for adolescents in New York, Massachusetts, and Utah. In total, I was incarcerated for 288 days. These programs were known for their exploratory approach to therapy, which amounted to a brutal, forced redirection of wayward teenagers. They focused on breaking us down, but as one former client told me, “they were never as good at building us back up.” For me, as for many others, the programs were the start of a life spent circulating through countless institutions and lockups.