Research & Reports

Scholars, government agencies, and other researchers have found repeatedly that the practices of the Troubled Teen Industry are harmful. In this section, we review and summarize available publications from trustworthy sources.

Warehouses of Neglect: How Taxpayers Are Funding Systemic Abuse in Youth Residential Treatment Facilities (Senate committee on Finance 2024)

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Child Welfare: Abuse of Youth Placed in Residential Facilities (GAO 2024)

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Many States Lack Information to Monitor Maltreatment in Residential Facilities for Children in Foster Care (DHHS 2024)

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Overt and Covert Conversion Therapy Practices in Therapeutic Boarding Schools (sarah Golightley 2023)

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Child Welfare: HHS Should Facilitate Information Sharing Between States to Help Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Residential Facilities (GAO 2022)

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The Kids Are Not Alright: How Private Equity Profits Off of Behavioral Health Services for Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth (Private Equity Stakeholder Project 2022)

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Fountain of Youth: Surviving Institutional Child Abuse in the Troubled Teen Industry (Andrew Gordon Brown 2022)

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Away From Home: Youth Experiences of Institutional Placements in Foster Care (Think of Us 2021)

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Desperation without Dignity:
Conditions of Children Placed in For Profit Residential
Facilities (National Disability Rights Network 2021)

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Residential Programs: Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketing (GAO 2008)

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Residential Treatment Programs: Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth (GAO 2007)

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