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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: Anonymous on November 30, 2009, 12:13:26 PM
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What Is a Troubled Teen?
How to identify when your adolescent needs help or outside intervention
Which teenagers are at high risk for such behaviors as drug/alcohol use, dropping out of school, pregnancy, violence, depression, or suicide? One of the difficulties parents face is how to recognize the more subtle indicators of such behavioral problems and when and how to intervene.
One of the obstacles that can cause parents to delay in getting help for their struggling adolescent is their confusion about the answer to this question. What truly defines a troubled teen, and when does a parent really need to seek intervention? Many parents find themselves comparing their child to other children. Parents often vacillate between, "My child is not as bad as their kid!" and "Why can't my teen act like that so-and-so's child?"
Although it is tempting to compare your child to other adolescents in an attempt to measure the seriousness of the situation, this is not truly indicative of a teen's need for outside intervention. Parents will do best if they look at their individual situation and decide for themselves if the teenager is on a self-destructive path. This is not to say that parents should not avail themselves of support groups or other sources of information that might guide them in their choices. It simply means that you know if your child is in trouble. Trust your instincts and take action before the situation deteriorates.
Many adolescents become skilled manipulators, highly secretive, and expert at wriggling out of a situation. If a parent just "doesn't want to know" on some level, these teens can easily manipulate the situation so the parent can feel as if everything is fine. Parents get into the cycle of denial, always finding a way to explain the behavior away so as to avoid the pain that is inevitable when you take decisive action with a rebellious, defiant child.
Is your teen troubled? Or just a normal adolescent going through the growing pains of becoming an adult? There are some tell-tale signs of a truly troubled teenager. Parents should be on the look out for these signs and take a closer look should they recognize a number of them in their child. Parents who take an honest look at their child should trust their instincts; if you think your child is in trouble, take action now.
Signs of a troubled teen:
Your child becomes more secretive, and it seems like more than a desire for greater privacy
Your teen has regular, sudden outbursts of anger that are clearly unreasonable and out of proportion to whatever has caused the anger
Your teen regularly misses curfew, does not show up when expected, and lies about his or her whereabouts (is not where you expected them to be if you check up on them)
Your teenager has suddenly changed his or her peer group and hasn't made an effort to let you meet these new friends. The new group has led to a distinct change in appearance (clothing, jewelry) and change in attitude (more sullen, defiant, hostile).
Your adolescent has stolen money from your purse on regular occasions.
Your adolescent has extreme mood swings, from depression to elation, and seems to sleep a lot more than usual at times.
Your child's grades have suddenly dropped and the child has lost interest in the usual activities.
We hope Troubled Teens helps you explore any issues your troubled teenager might have and guides you in making the choices necessary to help troubled youth.
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There are several ex-troubled teens on this website. The question should not be hard to answer.
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I miss the ANAL CONSPIRACY troll. It made considerably more logical sense than this.
OP, please go back to spamming "FUCK". It's less offensive.
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I miss the ANAL CONSPIRACY troll. It made considerably more logical sense than this.
OP, please go back to spamming "FUCK". It's less offensive.
I'm happy that they decided not to continue doing that, this is a good sign that the TTI is learning they can't continue to behave that way. As long as they continue to realize that they must support their position in a way that makes them seem as though they are respectable and knowledgeable we will at least be able to have conversations about the facts as well as a "civil" discussion about their opinions. This is real progress when compared to the disgusting, profane ranting messages they were trying to get us to engage in, or worse, by us trying to ignore them, could actually give outsiders that that represented us. Undoubtedly that was their aim.
To whomever s/he is, this is a step towards positive change. You should feel good about yourself for that.
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ANAL CONSPIRACY TROLL IS HERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE MORE REQUESTS?
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Please use your magic touch on every one of these program-troll threads, unless they're YOUR threads, in which case, please, please, stop fucking posting them.
BTW, an anal conspiracy is six Aspen Education executives felching each other.
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ANAL CONSPIRACY TROLL IS HERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE MORE REQUESTS?
You are not here because someone asked you to be here, you are here because you want to be here. Do you want to talk about that a little more? What exactly are you trying to get from this behavior?
[Therapist attempts to engage patient in further self-disclosure]
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You are not here because someone asked you to be here, you are here because you want to be here. Do you want to talk about that a little more? What exactly are you trying to get from this behavior?
What exactly am I trying to get from this behavior? I want someone who is willing to give me ANAL and write dirty sex stories on this website.
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You are not here because someone asked you to be here, you are here because you want to be here. Do you want to talk about that a little more? What exactly are you trying to get from this behavior?
What exactly am I trying to get from this behavior? I want someone who is willing to give me ANAL and write dirty sex stories on this website.
So you have no opinion on the TTI whatsoever?
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Yes, I do. They are gay.
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Yes, I do. They are gay.
Based on some unfortunate social contexts I've had to experience i'm going to take your statement to mean " I don't like the TTI and don't believe anyone should be forced through therapy". Am I right about that?
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Every troubled teen should take part in group therapy because they need it. They are disturbed individuals and experienced counselors with a masters degree can help them.
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Every troubled teen should take part in group therapy because they need it. They are disturbed individuals and experienced counselors with a masters degree can help them.
I need to be clear who is speaking. Are you the above poster who has identified themselves as anal conspiracy troll?
Since I cannot tell I will respond to you as someone who is joining the group.
You said "should" take part in group therapy. That is a valid opinion. Do you think it is something that should be forced on someone?
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Do you think it is something that should be forced on someone?
Yes I do because it's not a crime.
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Do you think it is something that should be forced on someone?
Yes I do because it's not a crime.
I'd like to talk with you more about this. First can you at least tell me if you are a different person than anal conspiracy troll who I first began speaking with?
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I am the ANAL TROLL. I will only respond if your offer anal to me.
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ANAL TROLL in action.
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I am the ANAL TROLL. I will only respond if your offer anal to me.
At this point I need to be clear. I can only put you through therapy if you agree that therapy can and should be forced upon someone. I will welcome further conversation with you if you post your agreement to this, but at this point I can't allow you to proceed.
To the possible other person, if you are not just playing sock puppet, can you discuss your position further?
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I am the ANAL TROLL. I will only respond if your offer anal to me.
At this point I need to be clear. I can only put you through therapy if you agree that therapy can and should be forced upon someone. I will welcome further conversation with you if you post your agreement to this, but at this point I can't allow you to proceed.
To the possible other person, if you are not just playing sock puppet, can you discuss your position further?
oops that was me
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can you discuss your position further?
My position is ANAL because I love hard cock.
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I am the ANAL TROLL. I will only respond if your offer anal to me.
At this point I need to be clear. I can only put you through therapy if you agree that therapy can and should be forced upon someone. I will welcome further conversation with you if you post your agreement to this, but at this point I can't allow you to proceed.
To the possible other person, if you are not just playing sock puppet, can you discuss your position further?
oops that was me
Does that mean PATIT and ANAL Troll are the same, or is there some counter transference going on?
ANAL Troll do not allow PATIT to counsel you if you sense they are at all trying to exploit your anal expulsive tendencies or your anus.
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can you discuss your position further?
My position is ANAL because I love hard cock.
[Troll, no longer patient, continues the same behavior thereby accepting the therapists definition of him and the relationship. Therapist, ethically only able to force therapy on those that believe therapy should be forced upon individuals, discontinues therapy. The right for anyone, so long as they do not harbor such a belief, to withdraw from the therapeutic environment without threat of punishment is respected by the therapist.
However this is not the case in programs where the teen may only make the choice to run away making them prone to any and all kind of dangers on the street, and essentially being blamed for the decision to commit actions that would label them "troubled teen", "criminal", "at risk" etc. This is essentially a situation where "the solution is the problem".
... but if you believe in forced therapy, then this is the only valid circumstance from this therapists ethical standpoint.
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can you discuss your position further?
My position is ANAL because I love hard cock.
[Troll, no longer patient, continues the same behavior thereby accepting the therapists definition of him and the relationship. Therapist, ethically only able to force therapy on those that believe therapy should be forced upon individuals, discontinues therapy. The right for anyone, so long as they do not harbor such a belief, to withdraw from the therapeutic environment without threat of punishment is respected by the therapist.
However this is not the case in programs where the teen may only make the choice to run away making them prone to any and all kind of dangers on the street, and essentially being blamed for the decision to commit actions that would label them "troubled teen", "criminal", "at risk" etc. This is essentially a situation where "the solution is the problem".
... but if you believe in forced therapy, then this is the only valid circumstance from this therapists ethical standpoint.
me again. sorry
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The Feds Are Addicted to Pot -- Even If You Aren't
By Paul Armentano, AlterNet
Posted on November 30, 2009, Printed on November 30, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/144243/ (http://www.alternet.org/story/144243/)
Marijuana's addiction potential may be no big deal, but it's certainly big business.
According to a widely publicized 1999 Institute of Medicine report, fewer than 10 percent of those who try cannabis ever meet the clinical criteria for a diagnosis of "drug dependence" (based on DSM-III-R criteria). By contrast, 32 percent of tobacco users and 15 percent of alcohol users meet the criteria for "drug dependence."
Nevertheless, it is pot -- not booze or cigarettes -- that has the federal government seeing red and clinical investigators seeing green. As I reported for AlterNet last year, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which overseas more than 85 percent of the world's research on controlled substances, recently appropriated some $4 million in taxpayers' dollars to establish the nation's first-ever Center for Cannabis Addiction. Its mission: to "develop novel approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of marijuana addiction."
Of course, what good is a research center if it isn't conducting clinical research? To this end, the U.S. National Institutes of Health recently made millions of dollars in grant funding available "to support research studies that focus on the identification, and preclinical and clinical evaluation, of medications that can be safe and effective for the treatment of cannabis-use and -induced disorders."
According to NIH's request for applications,
"Cannabis-related disorders (CRDs), including cannabis abuse or dependence and cannabis induced disorders (e.g., intoxication, delirium, psychotic disorder, and anxiety disorder), are a major public health issue. ... Nearly one million people are seeking treatment for marijuana dependence every year and sufficient research has been carried out to confirm that the use of cannabis can produce serious physical and psychological consequences.
"Currently, there are no medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of CRDs. Given the extent of the use of cannabis in the general population, and the medical and psychological consequences of its use … there is a great public health need to develop safe and effective therapeutic interventions. The need to develop treatments targeting adolescents and young adults is particularly relevant in view of their disproportionate use patterns."
Sounds dire, huh? It's meant to. But as usual, the devil is in the details.
First, there's the issue of the so-called "one million people seeking treatment for marijuana dependence." Or not. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the actual number of persons seeking drug treatment for marijuana "as a primary substance at admission" in 2007 (the most recent year for which data is available) was 287,933. Still a large total to be sure, but even this tally is highly misleading. Think these folks are seeking treatment for pot "dependence?" Think again.
According to SAMHSA, over 37 percent of the estimated 288,000 thousand people who entered drug treatment for marijuana in 2007 hadn't used weed in the 30 days prior to their admission. Another 16 percent of those admitted said they'd only used cannabis three times or less in the month prior to their admission. Do these individuals sound like they meet the clinical standard of dependence (defined as "the state of being psychologically and physiologically dependent on a drug")? Hardly. In truth, the only reason these people are in "treatment" at all is because they were arrested with a small quantity of pot and were ordered to treatment in lieu of jail.
According to the Aug. 13, 2009 issue of The TEDS Report, published by SAMHSA, nearly six out of 10 individuals enrolled in drug treatment for marijuana are referred there by the criminal justice system. Stated the report, "In 2007, the criminal justice system was the largest single source of referrals to the substance abuse treatment system. [T]he majority of these referrals were from parole and probation offices."
In other words, it is not marijuana use per se that is driving treatment admission rates; it is cannabis prohibition and the increased emphasis on pot arrests that are primarily responsible. Yet you'd never know this by listening to NIDA. And that's just the way the agency wants it.
As for the feds' claim that today's pot "can produce serious physical and psychological consequences," it's apparent that the potential adverse effects of cannabis use are relatively minor when compared to those of legal drugs such as opiates (which are both physically habit-forming and capable of lethal overdose), alcohol (ditto) and tobacco. As for the potential physical and psychological consequences of kicking the pot habit, a newly published clinical trial in the scientific journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence raises some serious doubts about this fear as well.
Investigators at four separate German universities assessed the self-reported withdrawal symptoms of 73 subjects diagnosed with "cannabis dependence" who resided in an inpatient facility. Overall, investigators determined that fewer than 50 percent of the trial subjects reported experiencing physical or psychological withdrawal symptoms of any clinical significance, even though all of the patients had a diagnosis of cannabis dependence according to DSM-IV criteria. Further, among the minority who did report such symptoms, "The intensity of most self-reported symptoms peaked on day one and decreased subsequently."
And just what were the most commonly reported symptoms? The authors concluded: "The most frequently mentioned physical symptoms of strong or very strong intensity on the first day were sleeping problems (21 percent), sweating (28 percent), hot flashes (21 percent), and decreased appetite (15 percent). ... Other often highly rated psychological symptoms included restlessness (20 percent), nervousness (20 percent), and sadness (19 percent)."
In short, marijuana's withdrawal symptoms, when documented at all, are mild and subtle compared to the profound physical syndromes associated with ceasing chronic alcohol or heroin use, which can be fatal, or those abstinence symptoms associated with daily tobacco use, which are typically severe enough to persuade individuals to reinitiate their drug-taking behavior. This explains why most pot smokers voluntarily cease their cannabis use by age 30 with little physical or psychological difficulty.
Finally, what about NIDA's claim that "therapeutic interventions" for marijuana dependence are necessary for adolescents and young adults "given the extent of the use of cannabis in the general population." Ironically, NIDA's warnings come at a time when marijuana use rates among young people are falling -- and have been for some time. According to the feds' annual "Monitoring the Future" study on adolescent drug use, roughly 42 percent of 12th graders admitted having tried pot in 2008, down from 50 percent in 1999, and a whopping 60 percent in 1979. Yet back then the federal government was mum regarding the need for medications to treat so-called cannabis dependence.
Not anymore. On November 3, the Kentucky-based pharmaceutical company All Tranz Inc. announced it had been awarded a $4 million NIDA research grant to promote a "transdermal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) patch" for the treatment of marijuana dependence and withdrawal. (THC is the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.) "NIDA is interested in exploring the role of transdermal THC delivery as an innovative way to treat marijuana withdrawal symptoms and dependence," explained the agency's director, Nora Volkow. "This is especially relevant to our efforts to fill a critical gap in available treatments for the many Americans struggling with marijuana-related disorders and their detrimental medical and social consequences."
Never mind that THC permeates the skin, at best, slowly and inefficiently (because of the compounds’ fat solubility) or that the symptoms of marijuana dependence and withdrawal are infrequent, short-lived and relatively insignificant. After all, NIDA has a research center to staff, tax dollars to spend and a myth to perpetuate. And the feds aren’t about to let the facts get in the way.
Paul Armentano is the deputy director of NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), and is co-author of the book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink (2009, Chelsea Green).
© 2009 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved.
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