help cost help cost troubled teen industry parents hurts kids non fiction book analyzing controversy surrounding tough love behavior modification industry book published february focuses programs straight incorporated copy program called kids wilderness boot camp schools discusses background history troubled teen industry including techniques drawn attack therapy uses person accounts court testimony research states evidence exists proving programs effective book includes advice parents appendix additional resources responsible help teenagers book received positive reviews academic journals literary journals media psychologist reviewed book studies review called read psychologist psychiatrist described excellent book subject troubled teen industry book emotions mystery madness review psychology today described work reported thoughtful investigation book received positive reviews newsday book later led investigation troubled teen industry labor united_states house_of_representatives representative held hearings matter october april background teenagers participating tough love behavior modification programs 1960s programs place wilderness style military recruit training known boot camps teenagers subjected rigid discipline including mandatory marches physical abuse solitary confinement food sleep programs little oversight united_states federal state governments teenagers claims abuse facilities investigated programs regulated author senior fellow media organization monitors news coverage statistics science served researcher journalist time contributor written articles new_york_times washington_post reason author dog contents help cost investigates teen rehabilitation industry focuses programs straight incorporated copy program called kids wilderness boot camp schools programs cost parents month discusses history troubled teen industry origins controversial group founded called claimed cure addiction heroin attack therapy forced confessions imposed spread united_states placed attorney group founder convicted conspiracy commit murder later went bankrupt maintains influenced organizations related troubled teen industry notes according statement released teen programs fear tough treatment successful evidence shows existing problems children enter programs suffer mental illness history prior trauma abuse uses person accounts teenagers participated programs asserts programs potentially negative consequences including post traumatic stress deaths emotional story book recounts death year old bacon suffered died wilderness utah weeks care group bacon lost pounds days called gay complained abdominal pain punished sleeping bag food taken away individuals responsible bacon charged homicide serve jail time addition person accounts incorporates court reports testimony research highlights controversial practices tough love teen industry programs geneva convention banned extreme prisoners war states evidence programs effective portions book addressed parents provide resources advice select better choices instead programs tough love teen industry book includes appendix aimed parents find help teenagers reception book emotions mystery madness psychologist psychiatrist highly recommended help cost called excellent book subject troubled teen industry important reading parent considering sending teenager tough love program boot camp wilderness program review book commented book excellent owing whistle blowing approach industry adults severe harm inflicted schools called book chilling highly recommended public libraries review highlighted sources given parents book commenting help cost winds appendix outlines evidence based alternatives tough love approach gave book positive review described talented relentless investigator noted outrage surfaces frequently children die loving families troubled teen escape criminal prosecution legal maneuvers prevail civil court lawsuits seeking damages characterized help cost important book industry helps troubled youth causes harm way review psychology today called book burgeoning business boot camps drug rehab centers promise reform troubled teens described work reported thoughtful investigation characterized book revealing times look troubled teen industry noted useful appendix discussing responsible help troubled teen book filled person accounts required reading calling work courageous study tough love industry author stuff life gave book positive review newsday writing investigation america called tough love treatment programs bill hope control drug taking teens stuff bad movie weren smart researched handed noted stories reveal physical psychological abuse rivals tales iraq prison aftermath help cost succeeded bringing attention deaths related medical neglect child abuse troubled teen industry october labor united_states house_of_representatives held committee investigative hearing chaired representative cases child neglect abuse private residential treatment facilities presented findings investigation troubled teen industry parents teens died care organizations testified hearing attended hearing book publication continued write controversy surrounding troubled teen industry new_york_times washington_post reason labor held additional hearings matter april chaired representative
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