NIMH held a conference last week on - Preventing Violence and Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents 3 DAYS during which they clearly articulated their opposition to the troubled teen programs.
Scroll down to Oct.13 for the first day videocast and then go up to find the next two days:
http://www.videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=998And in case you haven't read the paper they wrote which also refers to their opposition here it is, written August 2004:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/childhp/ExecSumm8_20B.pdf