Teen who collapsed at residential treatment facility dies
The state’s foster care agency revealed Wednesday that a 17-year-old girl who collapsed about a month ago at a residential treatment facility has died. The Texas Department of Family and Protective...
View ArticleLowgap wilderness camp to close
Unexpected state budget cuts are leading to the demise of a wilderness camp at Lowgap serving troubled youths, which will soon close and put 45 people out of work. “We anticipate this closure will be...
View ArticlePa. Supreme Court: Minors May Be Involuntarily Committed for Drug, Alcohol...
Pa. Supreme Court: Minors May Be Involuntarily Committed for Drug, Alcohol Addiction By: Leo Strupczewski The Legal Intelligencer August 31, 2010 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld the...
View ArticleElan School closing after Web campaign to shut it down
POLAND – The controversial Elan School will close next week. The private for-profit boarding school for troubled teens has been forced to close, according to owner and Executive Director Sharon Terry...
View ArticleClips from Surviving Straight Inc.
Clips from the upcoming documentary Surviving Straight Inc.
View ArticleThe Silence: On air and online April 19, 2011 at 9:00pm
FRONTLINE examines a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story — decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska. Through candid interviews with...
View ArticleStraight Inc., Legacy of Torture as Treatment
Taken from Reddit Straight Inc., Legacy of Torture as Treatment I have ten friends who have committed suicide, we were all clients of Straight Inc. I consider myself a survivor. Between 1976 and 1993,...
View ArticleI Went to the ELAN School by Cristine Martino Slingerland
Thank you Morgan Mitchell for courageously telling your story. I totally agree with you that Elan is not the place to send your children. My parents were clueless and to this day, not that I bring it...
View ArticleBrainwashing Is Real and It’s Really Not Therapy
Dear People, I would like encourage America to make brainwashing illegal. Would you please forward this email to fellow survivors, their families, psychologists, politicians, the media, anyone at all...
View ArticleIndiegogo Campaign to Help Fund a Movie to Expose the Troubled Teen Industry
Fix My Kid is a groundbreaking movie that pulls back the veil on "Tough Love" treatment programs. Many children in these programs have allegedly been tortured and forced to endure physical and...
View ArticleNew study: Magic Mushrooms Repair Brain Damage From Extreme Trauma
A new study by The University of South Florida has foun […]
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