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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Aversion therapy used as a primary Treatment of Teens

People are wondering what makes the psychological treatment different in teenagers than the general population receives. The answer is aversion therapy (not the electric shocks seen at the Judge Rottenberg Center) but through use of manipulation and teasing to cause mental distress. Aversion therapy is the practice of using pain and discomfort to change ones behavior, in this case is psychological discomfort.

One of these leads to an investigation of a Troubled Teen Boot Camp outside of Pasadena California. Unlike most of the Southern U.S. California has strong regulation regarding adolescent and child psychotherapy. But what makes this different is there is a recording of a kid screaming and crying while being yelled at with a tire around his neck. The video was posted just a few months ago. This shows just how harsh the industry is. To tell you the truth, all facilities in the country should keep recordings at all time so that making a cover-up of abuse nearly impossible. Read More Here

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