Like the illegal drug trade, the whole troubled teen industry should be banned. This doesn't mean stop all youth psychiatric and drug treatment, just putting them in mainstream care which is the same kind used for adults and inmates. What it does mean is that it should not even be an industry at all. The reason behind this is that the concept of emotional growth is using non-traditional methods of rehabilitation which is what the industry is centered on. It falls under the concept of "earning the right to be human" or "do or die" for the purpose of changing behavior. This is considered pseudoscience from 70 - 60 years ago that has not been recongnized by the scientific community. These practices are abusive and sometimes even fatal as some of them NEVER listen to the students request or have innapropriate punishments that last way too long (aka cruel and unusual punishment)
