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Brainwashing Is Real and It’s Really Not Therapy

EB — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:40:24 PDT

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 interested…. Brainwashing Is Real and It’s Really Not Therapy I was a 16 year old pot head. I needed help and my parents decided I should [...]

I Went to the ELAN School by Cristine Martino Slingerland

EB — Sun, 08 May 2011 09:37:43 PDT

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 up anymore, they shut down anytime I bring up what happened to me there. My mother one time [...]

Straight Inc., Legacy of Torture as Treatment

EB — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:34:22 PDT

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, as many as 50,000 kids in nine states were clients of this drug-rehabilitation center for teens. To progress through the program [...]

The Silence: On air and online April 19, 2011 at 9:00pm

EB — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:00:16 PDT

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 survivors, this FRONTLINE report focuses on the abuse by a number of men who worked for the Church along Alaska’s far west coast in [...]

Clips from Surviving Straight Inc.

EB — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:50:15 PDT

Clips from the upcoming documentary Surviving Straight Inc.

Elan School closing after Web campaign to shut it down

EB — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:41:58 PDT

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 of Casco, due to “declining enrollment and resulting financial difficulties.” The school was opened in 1970 by psychiatrist Dr. Gerald Davidson and businessman Joseph [...]

First Look: Surviving Straight Inc.

EB — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:10:56 PST

Pa. Supreme Court: Minors May Be Involuntarily Committed for Drug, Alcohol Addiction

EB — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:24:06 PST

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 constitutionality of an act that allows for parents and guardians to have minors involuntarily committed for drug and alcohol treatment. Writing that prior case law established the [...]

Lowgap wilderness camp to close

EB — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:23:17 PST

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 completed by Oct. 2,” said Karen Bonsignori, an official of Eckerd Youth Alternatives, which has operated Camp E-Mun-Talee in Surry [...]

Teen who collapsed at residential treatment facility dies

EB — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:21:26 PST

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 Services is investigating the death of Shanice Nibbs, who collapsed July 16 while on a nature walk at the Five Oaks Achievement Center in New [...]