Write to Dr. Phil!!

[habibi]

I'll do it.  By the way, both parents are going to return to the show for an update this wednesday, December 1.

[ehm]

I sent you a pm.

[Anonymous]

I posted on the Dr.Phil message board, warning of Provo Canyon school, and it was edited/deleted.

[habibi]

I noticed.  I was looking for it.  Probably worried about liability issues.

[ehm]

I posted two now. Still, nothing.... Did you send the email address to me?

[cherish wisdom]

What's the link for letters?  I'd also like to suggest letters to the editors of all local newspapers regarding this.  How many letters have come in so far on this issue?  

When I started as a federal narcotics agent, the budget that we were working with, it was less than $5 million a year, and there was only 125 agents for the entire world to work the narcotic trade that we were fighting in those days.  Times have changed.  The gluttony has grown.
--Nick Navarro, former Broward, FL Sherrif

[habibi]

To write a letter to the show address to;

Dr. Phil Show
5482 Wilshire Blvd.  #1902
Los Angeles, CA  90036

[Anonymous]

hi im jackie, some of you know me from timetoclosethedoorsofelan. maybe its time to get some people together and see if dr. phil would like to do a show on this is your psyche 5-20 years after behavior modification..... :roll:

[Anonymous]

Here's my letter - I don't know if they will post
I understand that you suggested that parents send their daughter to Provo Canyon School for treatment.
I had a teen sufferning from severe depression and sent her to Provo Canyon School in Orem Utah upon the advise of three therapists in California.   What happend to her at Provo Canyon School defies beleif and was in no way therapeutic for a patient suffering from severe depression.
She was severely punished with isolation and seclusion for a week for describing her maltreatment in a group therapy session. She was drugged with an injection of Haldol by force while six people held her down. During this episode she told staff that she could not breathe and nearly died from asphyxiation.  After the ordeal she became unconscious and blacked out. The staff left her in this small, cold, concrete room.  No one monitored her. In the morning she was lethargic and staff kicked her until she woke up.  She was the faced with the horrifying side effects of a Haldol overdose - facial contortions, drooling, inability to swallow, blindness and severe back pain.  Emergency care was not given, instead she was forced to do chores and was punished for fighting against the forced injections.  She also witnessed the brutal human take downs of other girls and could hear the boys ages 12 -13 screaming day and night.  There were many other abuses she experienced. .  The maltreatment she received caused her to derail psychologically.  Fortunately we were able to rescue her before more damage was done.
I strongly suggest that you look at the other side of this lucrative teen industry - that lacks regulation and governmental oversight.  The children in these facilities are truly vulnerable to abuse of every kind because they are shut-off from the world.
I made reports of this abuse to the authorities - CPS the Attorney General of Utah, Health and Human Services. All we receieved were carefully worded letters indicating that nothing would be done.  
These programs may do more harm than good to mentally ill teens - especially those suffering from trauma or depression.

Residential treatment of teens needs more regulation and oversight before being recommended on National television.... :wave:

[Anonymous]

I made a post regarding our experience at Provo Canyon School and it was not added to the message board. Obviously they do not want any derogatory information about Provo Canyon on their site. I suggest that all of you write something and see what happens.....

[Anonymous]

On 2004-11-30 10:25:00, Anonymous wrote:



I had a teen sufferning from severe depression and sent her to Provo Canyon School in Orem Utah upon the advise of three therapists in California.   What happend to her at Provo Canyon School defies beleif and was in no way therapeutic for a patient suffering from severe depression.

She was severely punished with isolation and seclusion for a week for describing her maltreatment in a group therapy session. She was drugged with an injection of Haldol by force while six people held her down. During this episode she told staff that she could not breathe and nearly died from asphyxiation.  After the ordeal she became unconscious and blacked out. The staff left her in this small, cold, concrete room.  No one monitored her. In the morning she was lethargic and staff kicked her until she woke up.  She was the faced with the horrifying side effects of a Haldol overdose - facial contortions, drooling, inability to swallow, blindness and severe back pain.  Emergency care was not given, instead she was forced to do chores and was punished for fighting against the forced injections.  She also witnessed the brutal human take downs of other girls and could hear the boys ages 12 -13 screaming day and night.  There were many other abuses she experienced. .  The maltreatment she received caused her to derail psychologically.  Fortunately we were able to rescue her before more damage was done.

Is this true?

[Nihilanthic]

Yanno, I think this is a marketing ploy by the industry. This ep of Dr phil that is.

And when I hear about the 'treatment' the anorexic or bulimic girls were in in the thing for the ep coming up tomorrow, I overheard something about one girl saying "Bad things about the program" to get out, and Dr. Phil confronting her on the show about how she wants to get out.



HRM... WONDER WHY THEYD WANT TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO SAY THE PROGRAMS ARE BAD?  :roll:

This is SUCH a crock, and he will NEVER ever face the accusations against PCS or even the possibility that a kid might have a good reason to want to leave 'treatment' or say something bad is happening and it actually is. So yeah, thanks Dr. Phil, you're a huge sellout and you've just helped screw over the children and teens of america.

God did not reward men for being honest, generous and brave, but for the act of faith. Without faith, all the so-called virtues were sins. and the men who practiced these virtues, without faith, deserved to suffer eternal pain.
--

[ehm]

"Suess of the Carolinas" (sp?) is the "program" he's plugging today.

He's forcing him in to treatment too, with a broadcasted kidnapping. This really will never end...

*sigh*

[Antigen]

On 2004-11-30 10:25:00, Anonymous wrote:

Here's my letter - I don't know if they will post
I understand that you suggested that parents send their daughter to Provo Canyon School for treatment.

...

Would the author of this message please contact me privately by email to support@fornits.com or by phone, 724-314-3169. I may be able to help you get your message out to a borad audience.

Thanks very much
Ginger Warbis

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn?t speak up because I wasn?t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn?t speak up because I wasn?t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn?t speak up because I wasn?t a trade unionist. Then they came for Catholics, and I didn?t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."
--Protestant minister Martin Neimoller

[Antigen]

Ok, I sent a copy of your letter to the producer we're talking to. They definitely want to talk w/ you. I have permission to give their contact info to you but not to post it publicly. Please contact me.

Thanks,
Ginger

A drug is neither moral nor immoral - it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace to society until a human being treats it as if consumption bestowed a temporary license to act like an asshole.
--Frank Zappa