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hanzomon4:
Yeah ajax, I think you're doing some good work supporting your friend and other AARC survivors. I wish I could give you a hand but words of encouragement will have to do for now...
God bless ya..........
ajax13:
One of the principal tools AARC uses is bullying.This may be just an internet forum but it's one situation where their bullying will not fly. The people who survive AARC have the truth on their side, whereas AARC relies on lying, threats and other forms of manipulation. The farther removed from AARC the survivors are, the easier to see that AARC is built on the ego of a weak but ambitious man preying on the fears of others. Not much of a foundation.
Anne Bonney:
--- Quote from: ""ajax13"" ---I looked at AARC's website, and noticed some odd things. The website has links to media coverage of AARC. As AARC purports to be a health resource, I cannot quite understand why it would have these links, which have nothing at all to do with treatment. Another thing I noticed was that Vause is listed as someone who evaluated his own program. Bizarre. Part of the problem here is that for all it's riches, Calgary is a lil' backwater. A legitimate health resource would not have to post references from the local society page to lend an air of legitimacy. The website features testimonials in the manner of an old fashioned snake oil sale. So much of it does not add up, but this city is fertile ground for scammers. As to the board and staff, there is a real dirth of advanced training in medicine. No pharmacologist, no psychiatrist. One professor of medicine on the board [this Goresky person also being listed as an evaluator of the program] and a lot of people involved in oil and gas or finance. Another curious fact is that the majority of "endorsements" came in the year 1993. Since AARC was new at that time, it would appear that there is no basis whatsoever for any of their claims. The endorsements seem more to be attempts to get provincial money in this early stage of AARC's development. There is nothing about AARC that withstands scrutiny.
From the top:
Founded by a man who worked under the discredited Miller Newton. Newton's facilities have been successfully sued, and criminal investigations have resulted from actions taken in these facilities.
This man has attempted to pass himself off as a psychologist when he is not. This person also calls himself "Doctor", although he did not earn a PhD at an accredited institution and did not write a dissertation.
Thousands of dollars in fees have been charged to each family although these same families provide the residences for "clients".
Hundreds of thousands of dollars provided by charity, although institution still housed in industrial park location occupied in early nineties.
No psychiatrist or other medical doctor on staff.
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Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "ajax13" ---In addition, of the folks independently evaluating AARC, Imbach is a staffer, and Patton is on the board of... you guessed it, "The Union Institute". Another triumph for ethics.
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and that would be a "triumph for ethics" because . . . . . . a highly recognized international expert in evaluation research and alcohol and drug treatment research designed and implemented a study on AARC . . . and he happens to be a faculty member at Union . LOLOLOLOL, what a big gotcha there big boy!!!! YA, call up your favourite journalists on that, they will be all over that one with cameras!!
now if you had any kind of education yourself you would know how completely ridiculous your assertion is (this is JUST one among MANY) . . . pa-leezz let us know if you are alumni at some university cuz we need to question THEIR credentials ROFLMAO
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