Facility profile Tennessee
Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center
Formerly Acadia Village (until 1986)
Also known as Peninsula Village
Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center is a residential treatment center in Louisville, Tennessee, operated by Acadia HealthCare. It has operated since 1986.
Survivor testimony
What people who lived or worked here say happened. Survivors' own words are published with their permission; forum accounts are what was posted publicly and are reported as claims, not findings.
Reported on survivor forums
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Reported April 2007 Abuse
Staff forced a young female resident to attend AA meetings by accusing her of being addicted to tranquilizers that the facility itself was prescribing to her.source
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Reported April 2007 Restraint
A young lady admitted for depression following her mother's death fought the lockdown level and was continuously restrained in straitjackets and bed nets while being administered Thorazine, Klonopine, and Haloperidol.source
As Acadia Village
Nothing on record is dated to these years yet.
As Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center
News coverage
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Seen and Heard - October 2001
This industry newsletter compilation details various administrative updates, staff appointments, program expansions, and leadership changes across multiple therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness programs, and youth residential facilities for October 2001. Notices include new program accreditations, facility curriculum updates, and personnel transitions within the troubled teen industry.
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Seen 'n Heard - October 2001 Issue (page 1).
The October 2001 issue of Seen 'n Heard reports a series of updates from various private schools and wilderness programs, including new leadership appointments, program openings, and accreditation approvals. No incidents of abuse or misconduct are reported. The piece serves as a directory of industry developments.
Staff
Administration
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Bob Pegler
Program Director (2008)source
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Marianne Oliveira
Administrator (2008)source
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John Looney
Cofounder
Elsewhere in the industry
- Timberlawn Behavioral Health System
Notable staff
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Barbara Taylor
Clinical Director (2008)source
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Claire O'Donnell
Utilization Review Supervisor (2007)source
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Jean Bolding
Director of Family Therapy (2008)source
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Jonah Ruddy
Special Education Teacher (2007)source
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Kelly Roberts
Coordinator for Community and Alumni Relations, Coordinator, Community and Alumni Relations, Coordinator of Community and Alumni Relations (2007-2008)source
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Michelle Schwartz
Manager of Residential Services for the Girls Program (2008)source
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Reggie Raman
Psychiatrist (full-time) (2008)source
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Todd Roberts
Director of Continuum Services (2008)source
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Adam Mclain
Staff (1997)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Provo Canyon School Group Director and CEO
- Northwest Academy Executive Director, 2008-2025
Videos
Staff
Notable staff
Rules and practices
Practices
- Restraint
- Seclusion or isolation
- Level system
- Strip searches
- Forced medication
- Behavior contracts
- Confrontation groups
- Limits on contact with family
Connections on the network map
The companies, people and programs our research map ties to this program. Open it on the network map.
Acquisitions
- Acadia Healthcare
Ownership
- Covenant Health
Documents
Woodbury Reports Mentions (4)
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Woodbury Reports, December 2007 (#160), P. 29: Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center Woodbury Reports page -
Woodbury Reports, February 2008 (#162), P. 29: Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center Woodbury Reports page -
Woodbury Reports, June 2008 (#166), P. 30: Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center Woodbury Reports page -
Woodbury Reports, March 2008 (#163), P. 29: Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center Woodbury Reports page
Research that mentions this program
From the Unsilenced archive
187 documents about Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their folders: Peninsula Village, Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center.
Documents
- _1_25M_Peninsula_project_increases_beds__care___part_1___2005_05_13.pdf
- _1_25M_Peninsula_project_increases_beds__care___part_1___2005_05_13.pdf
- _1_25M_Peninsula_project_increases_beds__care___part_2___2005_05_13.pdf
- _1_25M_Peninsula_project_increases_beds__care___part_2___2005_05_13.pdf
- Abigail Vona Review Rolling Stone.pdf
- Abigail Vona Review Rolling Stone.pdf
- Academic_Recovery_is_an_important_part_of_Peninsula_Village_Program___2008_08_04.pdf
- Academic_Recovery_is_an_important_part_of_Peninsula_Village_Program___2008_08_04.pdf
- Additional Links for Peninsula Village.xlsx
- Additional Links for Village Behavioral Health Treatment Center.xlsx
- And_back_down___2001_07_28.pdf
- And_back_down___2001_07_28.pdf
- Artist_profile___1995_03_26.pdf
- Artist_profile___1995_03_26.pdf
- BAD GIRL_Confessions of a Teenage Delinquent.PDF
- BAD GIRL_Confessions of a Teenage Delinquent.PDF
- Bagels_and_Bibles___Part_1___2001_11_03.pdf
- Bagels_and_Bibles___Part_1___2001_11_03.pdf
- Bagels_and_Bibles___Part_2___2001_11_03.pdf
- Bagels_and_Bibles___Part_2___2001_11_03.pdf
- Big_steps_in_medical_arena___2007_03_25.pdf
- Big_steps_in_medical_arena___2007_03_25.pdf
- Blackman v. District of Columbia(1).pdf
- Blackman v. District of Columbia.pdf
- Boy_pleads_guilty_to_lesser_charge___2001_08_18.pdf
- Boy_pleads_guilty_to_lesser_charge___2001_08_18.pdf
- Child_s_Play___Part_1___2008_04_27.pdf
- Child_s_Play___Part_1___2008_04_27.pdf
- Child_s_Play___Part_2___2008_04_27.pdf
- Child_s_Play___Part_2___2008_04_27.pdf
- Commission_to_consider_an_inquiry___Part_1___1989_02_21.pdf
- Commission_to_consider_an_inquiry___Part_1___1989_02_21.pdf
- Commission_to_consider_an_inquiry___Part_2___1989_02_21.pdf
- Commission_to_consider_an_inquiry___Part_2___1989_02_21.pdf
- Congratulations_runner___1992_12_06.pdf
- Congratulations_runner___1992_12_06.pdf
- DG from Peninsula Village.pdf
- Diamond_Award_finalist_serve_area_mental_health___1992_09_22.pdf
- Diamond_Award_finalist_serve_area_mental_health___1992_09_22.pdf
- Dr_Adam_McLain___2003_11_02.pdf
- Dr_Adam_McLain___2003_11_02.pdf
- Drug_program_founder_dies_at_72___2005_12_13.pdf
- Drug_program_founder_dies_at_72___2005_12_13.pdf
- Education_costs_higher_for_special_ed_students___Part_1___1994_06_07.pdf
- Education_costs_higher_for_special_ed_students___Part_1___1994_06_07.pdf
- Education_costs_higher_for_special_ed_students___Part_2___1994_06_07.pdf
- Education_costs_higher_for_special_ed_students___Part_2___1994_06_07.pdf
- Expert_says_users_may_have_permanent_damage___2009_08_17.pdf
- Expert_says_users_may_have_permanent_damage___2009_08_17.pdf
- Former_troubled_teen_now_hopes_to_help_others___2006_04_04.pdf
- Former_troubled_teen_now_hopes_to_help_others___2006_04_04.pdf
- Fort_Sanders_expands_mental_health_care_with_merger___Part_1___1995_02_01.pdf
- Fort_Sanders_expands_mental_health_care_with_merger___Part_1___1995_02_01.pdf
- Fort_Sanders_expands_mental_health_care_with_merger___Part_2___1995_02_01.pdf
- Fort_Sanders_expands_mental_health_care_with_merger___Part_2___1995_02_01.pdf
- Forum_to_focus_on_trauma_of_attacks___2001_09_23.pdf
- Forum_to_focus_on_trauma_of_attacks___2001_09_23.pdf
- Grammer v. State(1).pdf
- Grammer v. State.pdf
- Hope_and_Help_for_Troubled_Youth___1999_10_18.pdf
- Hope_and_Help_for_Troubled_Youth___1999_10_18.pdf
- IB from Village Behavioral Health.pdf
- Intervention_hype_or_help___2008_07_07.pdf
- Intervention_hype_or_help___2008_07_07.pdf
- Joann_Bennett____2004_06_20.pdf
- Joann_Bennett____2004_06_20.pdf
- Juveniles_arrested__now_charged_with_assault__stealing_car___2018_09_21.pdf
- Juveniles_arrested__now_charged_with_assault__stealing_car___2018_09_21.pdf
- Kesterson v. Varner(1).pdf
- Kesterson v. Varner.pdf
- Life_in_the_Village___Part_1___1989_11_16.pdf
- Life_in_the_Village___Part_1___1989_11_16.pdf
- Life_in_the_Village___Part_2___1989_11_16.pdf
- Life_in_the_Village___Part_2___1989_11_16.pdf
- Meditation_in_Motion___1995_02_10.pdf
- Meditation_in_Motion___1995_02_10.pdf
- Names_in_the_news___1996_07_16.pdf
- Names_in_the_news___1996_07_16.pdf
- New_psych_hospital_being_planned___Part_1___2019_08_10.pdf
- New_psych_hospital_being_planned___Part_1___2019_08_10.pdf
- New_psych_hospital_being_planned___Part_2___2019_08_10.pdf
- New_psych_hospital_being_planned___Part_2___2019_08_10.pdf
- Not your typical police call - Police train to respond to mental health crisis - Part 1 - 2021-12-28.pdf
- Not your typical police call - Police train to respond to mental health crisis - Part 1 - 2021-12-28.pdf
- Not your typical police call - Police train to respond to mental health crisis - Part 2 - 2021-12-28.pdf
- Not your typical police call - Police train to respond to mental health crisis - Part 2 - 2021-12-28.pdf
- Opinion_still_awaited_on_hospital_s_beds___1989_04_13.pdf
- Opinion_still_awaited_on_hospital_s_beds___1989_04_13.pdf
- Panel_tours_mental_health_center___1990_07_20.pdf
- Panel_tours_mental_health_center___1990_07_20.pdf
- Parents_say_school_failed_their_child___1997_11_04.pdf
- Parents_say_school_failed_their_child___1997_11_04.pdf
- Peninsula Village.pdf
- Peninsula Village.pdf
- Peninsula_Behavioral_Health___2002_08_11.pdf
- Peninsula_Behavioral_Health___2002_08_11.pdf
- Peninsula_counselor_s_car_missing___1990_08_29.pdf
- Peninsula_counselor_s_car_missing___1990_08_29.pdf
- Peninsula_employees_give__1_000_for_Freedom_Engine___2001_10_30.pdf
- Peninsula_employees_give__1_000_for_Freedom_Engine___2001_10_30.pdf
- Peninsula_Healthcare_Services_1995_merged_with_Ft_Sanders_part_two.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1985_community_program.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1990__3_million_dollar_lawsuit.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1990__Kids_out_of_control_.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1990_connected_to_Peninsula_Village.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1990_Teen_suicide.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1990_teen_suicides_follow_loss_of_hope__psychiatrist_says_.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_1993__PV_position_avail.pdf
- Peninsula_HOspital_1993_Case_tests_students_right_to_education.pdf
- Peninsula_Hospital_2012_CEO_makes_choices_part_one.pdf
- Peninsula_offers_training_about_coping_with_addiction___2007_02_05.pdf
- Peninsula_offers_training_about_coping_with_addiction___2007_02_05.pdf
- Peninsula_Opens_New_Outpatient_Center___2004_01_19.pdf
- Peninsula_Opens_New_Outpatient_Center___2004_01_19.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1989__ad_for_therapist.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1989__New_short_term_unit_opening__male_psychological_assistant_needed_ad.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1990__4_year_old__program_described_as_an__Extended_care_facility_for_out_of__.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1991_Waldo_named_Chief.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1992_ad_for_employment.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1992_offers_halfway_house.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1992_Vance_Sherwood_Ph_d__clinical_director.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1993_employment_ad_Peninsula_Hospital_etc.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1994_Teacher_position_avail.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1996__NOW_Fort_Sanders_Health_System_providers.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1996_FT_Sanders_merger_with_MMC_operate_as_Covenant_Health.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_1997_Covenant_Behavioral_Health_ad.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_2001_17_year_old_to_remain_in_facility_until_18.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_2004_Peninsula_opens_a_new_outpatient_center.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_2019_Acadi_took_over_in_2009.pdf
- Peninsula_Village__Mending_young_lives_and_restoring_families___2007_01_15.pdf
- Peninsula_Village__Mending_young_lives_and_restoring_families___2007_01_15.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_helping_troubled_adolescents_from_across_the_nation___2002_08_14.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_helping_troubled_adolescents_from_across_the_nation___2002_08_14.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_mending_young_lives_and_restoring_families___2004_06_14.pdf
- Peninsula_Village_mending_young_lives_and_restoring_families___2004_06_14.pdf
- Rock_climbing___1990_07_11.pdf
- Rock_climbing___1990_07_11.pdf
- Sallie v. Acadia Vill(1).pdf
- Sallie v. Acadia Vill.pdf
- Sometimes_it_takes_Peninsula_Village_to_help_raise_a_child___2006_04_03.pdf
- Sometimes_it_takes_Peninsula_Village_to_help_raise_a_child___2006_04_03.pdf
- State v. Grant(1).pdf
- State v. Grant.pdf
- State v. Knight(1).pdf
- State v. Knight.pdf
- Steve_Perry___2005_02_13.pdf
- Steve_Perry___2005_02_13.pdf
- Stiller_Williams_might_be_coming_to_Knoxville___2009_02_13.pdf
- Stiller_Williams_might_be_coming_to_Knoxville___2009_02_13.pdf
- Teen_might_face_life_term_in_aunt_s_death___1996_03_27.pdf
- Teen_might_face_life_term_in_aunt_s_death___1996_03_27.pdf
- Teen_out_of_breaks__in_custody___1994_09_20.pdf
- Teen_out_of_breaks__in_custody___1994_09_20.pdf
- Teen_sentenced___accused_of_taking_bomb_to_school___2001_08_20.pdf
- Teen_sentenced___accused_of_taking_bomb_to_school___2001_08_20.pdf
- Teens_in_troubled_building_not_just_cabins__but_a_life___Part_1___1987_11_01.pdf
- Teens_in_troubled_building_not_just_cabins__but_a_life___Part_1___1987_11_01.pdf
- Teens_in_troubled_building_not_just_cabins__but_a_life___Part_2___1987_11_01.pdf
- Teens_in_troubled_building_not_just_cabins__but_a_life___Part_2___1987_11_01.pdf
- Using_the_outdoors_as_therapy____2008_04_06.pdf
- Using_the_outdoors_as_therapy____2008_04_06.pdf
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- WaPo - Teen Gets 4-Year Sentence in Sex Assault on Prostitute - Peninsula Village.pdf
- WaPo - Teen Gets 4-Year Sentence in Sex Assault on Prostitute - Peninsula Village.pdf
- WaPo - Traditional Approach To Spiritual Values - Peninsula Village.pdf
- WaPo - Traditional Approach To Spiritual Values - Peninsula Village.pdf
- Wide_range_of_services_available_in_area___1992_03_29.pdf
- Wide_range_of_services_available_in_area___1992_03_29.pdf
- Williamson_County_law_enforcement_launch_crisis_intervention_training___Part_1___2021_12_15.pdf
- Williamson_County_law_enforcement_launch_crisis_intervention_training___Part_1___2021_12_15.pdf
- Williamson_County_law_enforcement_launch_crisis_intervention_training___Part_2___2021_12_15.pdf
- Williamson_County_law_enforcement_launch_crisis_intervention_training___Part_2___2021_12_15.pdf
- Woman_develops_style_as_potter___1994_05_14.pdf
- Woman_develops_style_as_potter___1994_05_14.pdf
- Woman_says_she_was_beaten_by_co_worker___1990_10_19.pdf
- Woman_says_she_was_beaten_by_co_worker___1990_10_19.pdf
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Materials and links
Survivor posts and discussion
Advertising and marketing listings
Reference and research
Other links
- Link to Kristin Stattel's Survivor Testimony (archived copy)
- Anonymous (Blog) (archived copy)
- Secret Prisons for Teens - The Village (archived copy)
- STATE V. GRANT (archived copy)
- Locked Down: Can strongarm tactics help troubled teens overcome their personal dilemmas? (archived copy)
- Kenneth Bartley (archived copy)
- Peninsula Village*Old*Website Homepage
- Peninsula Hospital*Old*Website Homepage
- survivors (archived copy)
- August (TapaTalk) (archived copy)
- Village Behavioral Health Website Homepage (archived copy)
