On 2006-04-05 13:36:00, Anonymous wrote:
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ANY practitioner who would recommend residential placement in the absence of psychopathology should be immediately shut down.
Wait, are you actually saying that kids with pychopathology should be at one of these schools?? You are contradicting yourself. "
OK, I see you have just about no understanding of logic or the English language either. I'm willing to accept that you don't have an education in this area either and will offer you an expedient primer on the subjects at hand.
Let me reiterate:
ANY practitioner who would recommend residential placement in the absence of psychopathology should be immediately shut down.
One, this statement can be verified as true by any licensed professional. It is basic, common knowledge in the treatment business. Residential placement is warranted only when there is severe pathology present and the patient is dangerous to self or others (less than one percent of all diagnosed patients).
Two, this statement makes absolutely no reference to any TBS, nor does it endorse patronage of one in any way, shape or form.
In my opinion, no child should ever be sent to any one of these "schools" under any circumstances for the following reasons:
One, people who have tested negative for any type of psychopathology should not be in any treatment other than voluntary outpatient visits with a therapist should they (the client) see fit or feel it is necessary or helpful and any reputable treatment center would deny admission and state that treatment there would be unnecessary.
Two, treatment must be voluntary. There is no such thing as "forced treatment."
Three, there is not one single, solitary shred of clinical evidence that shows these programs work at all for anyone or anything.
Four, there are extensive clinical research studies that show these programs to be harmful, especially to the developing mind.
Five, nearly all of these private treatment centers are unlicensed and employ staff that have no credentials or licenses to practice.
Six, there is absolutely no regulation whatsoever of their well-documented abusive and harmful treatment of children.
Seven, if a child has mental illness of sufficient gravity to require inpatient treatment, these facilities are woefully inadequate to cope with them.
Eight, they employ LGAT seminars which have been proven beyond doubt to cause mental stress and harm to their participants.
Nine, behavior modification as practiced by these treatment centers does not work and is based almost entirely on punishment.
Ten, inadequate attention is given to family dynamics and no Functional Family Therapy is provided.
Eleven, outpatient treatment, in combination with FFT, in the child's community is shown to be the single most effective method to treat all types of adolescent issues (as long as they don't require inpatient treatment - again less than one percent of mentally ill people).
I could go on if you like, but let's suffice it to say that I am educated professional in this arena and my opinions are anchored solidly in fact and represent the mainstream thinking in my discipline.
So, feel free to engage strawman and ad hominem fallacies along with some hyperbole, but it will not change the unmistakeable fact that what you say doesn't accurately (or even remotely) approximate my position or thinking on this matter.
