IF YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THE BUTTONS BELOW, YOU WILL BE REDIRECTED TO THE LINK IT DESCRIBES. EXPOSÉS ON THE TROUBLED-TEEN INDUSTRY Szalavitz, Maia. Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids. Riverhead Books, 16 Feb. 2006. Armstrong, Louise. And They Call It Help: The Psychiatric Policing of America's Children. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1 Mar. 1993. Reamer, Frederic and Deborah Siegel. Teens in Crisis: How the Industry Serving Struggling Teens Helps and Hurts Our Kids. Columbia University Press, 17 Oct. 2008. Hirschfeld, Andy. Stolen Dignity: An Exposé of the Troubled Teen Industry. Rosen, Kenneth. Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs. Little A, 12 Jan. 2021. Rosen, Kenneth. “The Night My Parents Had Me Kidnapped.” Narratively, 11 Dec. 2014. Rosen, Kenneth. “Voices: When I Was Labeled a ‘Troubled’ Teen, I Obliged.” The New York Times, 12 Jan. 2021. Rosen, Kenneth. “Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs.” Next Big Idea Club, 15 Jan. 2021. Rosen, Kenneth. “Traditional school isn’t always the way to go, and I wish my parents had seen that earlier.” The Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2021. Kolker, Robert. “Scared Straight or Scarred for Life?” The New York Times, 11 Jan. 2021. Safran, David. “Running My Anger: The Legacy of the CEDU Cult.” Medium, 25 Jun. 2018. Safran, David. “Update 1 — Calling Brigitte Wasserman.” Medium, 13 Jul. 2018. Safran, David. “Update 2 — Northwest Academy’s Second Closure.” Medium, 23 Aug. 2018. Safran, David. “Update 3 — Keeping That CEDU Dream in 2018.” Medium, 17 Oct. 2018. Safran, David. “‘In general, we were treated the same:’ An Interview with CEDU Counselor, Randolph Reynolds.” Medium, 18 Jan. 2019. Safran, David. “CEDU Records From California’s Department of Social Services.” Medium, 11 Oct. 2020. Safran, David. “Why Are Police Stifling the Investigation Into 3 Teens Who Vanished From a Controversial Residential Treatment Facility?” Los Angeles Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022. Hall, Blake Ford. “CEDU / RMA : A Cult for Kids in California and Idaho 1967 — 2010.” Medium, 19 July 2022. Currie, Elliott. The Road to Whatever: Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence. Picador, 27 Dec. 2005. Parks, Alexia. An American Gulag: Secret P.O.W. Camps for Teens. 1 June 2000. THESES AND DISSERTATIONS ON THE TROUBLED-TEEN INDUSTRY Chatfield, Marcus. Totalistic Teen Treatment. 2018. University of Florida. Chatfield, Marcus. Institutionalized Persuasion: The Technology of Reformation in Straight Incorporated and the Residential Teen Treatment Industry. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 6 Nov. 2014. Golightley, Sarah. “Troubling the ‘Troubled Teen’ Industry: Adult Reflections on Youth Experiences of Therapeutic Boarding Schools.” Sage Journals, 28 Feb. 2020. Kushan, Catherine. The Troubled Teen Industry: Commodifying Disability and Capitalizing on Fear. 21 May 2017. The George Washington University. White, N. William. “Stories from the Elders: Chronicles and Narratives of the Early Years of Wilderness Therapy.” Franklin Pierce University, 2011. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. AGAPÉ BOARDING SCHOOL MEMOIRS Harper, Brett. Spare The Rod: A Troubling Look At The Troubled Teen Industry. 17 Jan. 2022. AMITY SCHOOL (CEDU SPINOFF) MEMOIRS Wilsey, Sean. Oh, the Glory of it All. Penguin Books, 19 May 2005. ASPEN ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY MEMOIRS Pentland, Jenny. This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir. HarperCollins Publishers, 18 Jan. 2022. BETHEL GIRLS & BOYS ACADEMY (WWASPS) MEMOIRS Young, Sabrina. Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph. 25 Jan. 2023. Knoll, Allen. Surviving Bethel: A True Story. 25 Oct. 2018. C. A. DILLON JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER MEMOIRS Recinos, Sheryl. Hindsight: Coming of age on the streets of Hollywood. Water Bear Press, 30 Oct. 2018. Recinos, Sheryl. Problem Child. Water Bear Press, 20 Sept. 2022. Recinos, Sheryl. Pink Stars. Water Bear Press, 4 Oct. 2022. Recinos, Sheryl. Lil Hollywood. Water Bear Press, 18 Oct. 2022. CALO PROGRAMS (EMBARK BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE) MEMOIRS Baurer, Lilo & Margaret Baurer. Letting Go; Loving Forever. Bowker, 16 Sept. 2023. CARLBROOK SCHOOL (CEDU SPINOFF) MEMOIRS Gilpin, Elizabeth. Stolen: A Memoir. Grand Central Publishing, 20 July 2021. CASA BY THE SEA (WWASPS) MEMOIRS Burton, Allie. Code Silence: Surviving Casa by the Sea. BookBaby, 13 Sept. 2023. Ilett, Rian. Every Day Is A Battle: Fighting Demons, Jihadis and Terminal Cancer. Independently Published, 12 Nov. 2021. CASCADE SCHOOL (CEDU SPINOFF) MEMOIRS Hilton, Paris. Paris: The Memoir. Dey Street Books, 14 Mar. 2023. Weaver, Alison. Gone to the Crazies. HarperCollins Publishers, 1 July 2007. Wilsey, Sean. Oh, the Glory of it All. Penguin Books, 19 May 2005. CEDU MEMOIRS Hilton, Paris. Paris: The Memoir. Dey Street Books, 14 Mar. 2023. Blair, Elisabeth. because God loves the wasp. Unsolicited Press, 30 Aug. 2022. Pentland, Jenny. This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir. HarperCollins Publishers, 18 Jan. 2022. Lybrook, Lathrop. Whiteout. 13 May 2018. Bonnie, Zack. Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir. Not With The Program, 23 July 2015. Bonnie, Zack. Dead, Insane, or in Jail: Overwritten. Not With The Program, 26 Feb. 2018. Thomas, Meaghan. Zero First. CHARITY HAVEN MEMOIRS Young, Sabrina. Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph. 25 Jan. 2023. CHRYSALIS MEMOIRS Appelgate, Meg. Becoming Unsilenced: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry. SPEAK Publications, 7 May 2024. DOZIER SCHOOL MEMOIRS Kimmerle, Erin. We Carry Their Bones: The Search For Justice at the Dozier School for Boys. William Morrow, 14 June 2022. Gaddy, Johnny Lee. They Told Me Not To Tell: Dozier Reform School Was A Living Hell. 26 Mar. 2015. Kiser, Roger Dean. The White House Boys: An American Tragedy. Health Communications, Inc., 16 Jan. 2009. Harrell, Antoinette. Dark Days of Horror at Dozier Rapes, Murders, Beatings, and Slavery. 1 Jan. 1772. ÉLAN SCHOOL MEMOIRS Kernochan, Wayne. A Life Gone Awry: My Story Of The Élan School. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1 July 2011. Kernochan, Wayne. The Game: A Return to the Élan School. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 9 July 2012. FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOOL MEMOIRS Ianelli, Liz. I See You, Survivor: Life Inside (and Outside) the Totally F*cked Up Troubled-Teen Industry. Hachette Books, 29 Aug. 2023. FREEDOM VILLAGE MEMOIRS Rosenberger, Mary. Freedom Village. 22 Aug. 2024. GASTON MEMORIAL MEMOIRS Recinos, Sheryl. Hindsight: Coming of age on the streets of Hollywood. Water Bear Press, 30 Oct. 2018. Recinos, Sheryl. Problem Child. Water Bear Press, 20 Sept. 2022. Recinos, Sheryl. Pink Stars. Water Bear Press, 4 Oct. 2022. Recinos, Sheryl. Lil Hollywood. Water Bear Press, 18 Oct. 2022. HIDDEN LAKE ACADEMY MEMOIRS Cayea, Greg. No Direction Home (The Drifter Chronicles). Black Apple International Publishing House, 12 Sept. 2016. Cayea, Greg. Debauchery (The Drifter Chronicles). Black Apple Publishing House, 7 July 2021. Cayea, Greg. The Final Debacle (The Drifter Chronicles). Black Apple Publishing House, 3 Nov. 2021. HOUSE OF HOPE MEMOIRS Galvas, Skye. Alacrity: My Saga of Survival. Independently Published, 18 June 2020. INTERMOUNTAIN HOSPITAL MEMOIRS Appelgate, Meg. Becoming Unsilenced: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry. SPEAK Publications, 7 May 2024. LDS MORMON REFORM SCHOOL MEMOIRS Nicolette, Izaura. Within the Mountains: A Mormon Reform School Experience. Mill City Press, 30 Jan. 2019. MIDWEST SOUTHSHORE ACADEMY MEMOIRS Baurer, Lilo & Margaret Baurer. Letting Go; Loving Forever. Bowker, 16 Sept. 2023. MONTANA ACADEMY MEMOIRS Galvas, Skye. Alacrity: My Saga of Survival. Independently Published, 18 June 2020. NEW BEGINNINGS GIRLS ACADEMY (FORMERLY KNOWN AS REBEKAH HOME FOR GIRLS) MEMOIRS Young, Sabrina. Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph. 25 Jan. 2023. NEW BETHANY SCHOOL MEMOIRS Kiser, Roger. New Bethany-Picture Perfect on the Outside, Let Us Take You Inside. 9 Jan. 2012. NEW HAVEN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER MEMOIRS Baurer, Lilo & Margaret Baurer. Letting Go; Loving Forever. Bowker, 16 Sept. 2023. NEW HORIZONS YOUTH MINISTRIES MEMOIRS Thomas, Meaghan. Zero First. Scheeres, Julia. Jesus Land. Counterpoint, 2005. Scheeres, Julia. Another Hour on a Sunday Morning. Random House, 2006. PONCA PINES ACADEMY MEMOIRS Leach, Samantha. The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia. Legacy Lit, 6 June 2023. PROVO CANYON SCHOOL MEMOIRS Hilton, Paris. Paris: The Memoir. Dey Street Books, 14 Mar. 2023. Whiteley, Jeremy. Breaking Code Silence. RECLAMATION RANCH MEMOIRS Young, Sabrina. Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph. 25 Jan. 2023. SKY HOUSE MEMOIRS Galvas, Skye. Alacrity: My Saga of Survival. Independently Published, 18 June 2020. SPRING CREEK LODGE (WWASPS) MEMOIRS Robinson, Haywood. Chasing Pleasure with Pain. Palmetto Publishing, 22 Jan. 2021. Art, Cindy. Trapped In Paradise: A Memoir. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 21 Apr. 2012. STRAIGHT, INC. MEMOIRS TenEyck, Susie. Abandoned. Special Needs Publications, 28 Dec. 2017. Etler, Cyndy. Straightling. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 22 June 2012. Etler, Cyndy. The Dead Inside. Sourcebooks Fire, 4 Apr. 2017. Etler, Cyndy. We Can't Be Friends. Sourcebooks Fire, 3 Oct. 2017. SUWS (SCHOOL OF URBAN & WILDERNESS SURVIVAL) MEMOIRS Bonnie, Zack. Dead, Insane, or in Jail: A CEDU Memoir. Not With The Program, 23 July 2015. Bonnie, Zack. Dead, Insane, or in Jail: Overwritten. Not With The Program, 26 Feb. 2018. Galvas, Skye. Alacrity: My Saga of Survival. Independently Published, 18 June 2020. THE SEED Wright, Evan. The Seed: A Memoir. TRANQUILITY BAY (WWASPS) MEMOIRS Art, Cindy. Trapped In Paradise: A Memoir. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 21 Apr. 2012. VAN NUYS PSYCH MEMOIRS Pentland, Jenny. This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir. HarperCollins Publishers, 18 Jan. 2022. Barrymore, Drew and Todd Gold. Little Girl Lost. Pocket Books, 1 Feb. 1990. VICTORY ACRES MEMOIRS Young, Sabrina. Dear Renisha: Turning Trauma into Triumph. 25 Jan. 2023. VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MEMOIRS Miller, Jeneen. Pieces of Victory. Pieces of Victory, Inc., 6 May 2020. Ulriksen, Michele. Reform at Victory: A Survivor's Story. Pizan Media, 15 Oct. 2008. UNKNOWN PROGRAMS F., Amber. Secretly Surviving. Independently Published, 17 Jan. 2021. CONVERSION THERAPY MEMOIRS Langer, Cassandra. Erase Her: A Survivor’s Story: How the Best Years of My Life Were Stolen by Conversion Therapy. BookBaby, 13 Feb. 2023. Conley, Garrard. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family. Riverhead Books, 7 Feb. 2017. Cooper, Alex and Joanna Brooks. Saving Alex: When I Was 15 I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began. HarperOne, 1 Mar. 2016. NOVELS BASED ON THE TROUBLED-TEEN INDUSTRY Tipper, James. The Discarded Ones. Waxlight Press, 18 September 2012. Danforth, Emily. The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Balzer & Bray, Feb. 2012. Whitehead, Colson. The Nickel Boys: A Novel. Doubleday, 16 July 2019. Sowden, Elizabeth. Tough Love at Mystic Bay. Running Wild Press, 1 April 2020. Van Draanen, Wendelin. Wild Bird. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 5 Sept. 2017. Strasser, Todd. Boot Camp. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2 May 2007. BOOKS ON CHILDHOOD TRAUMA van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Viking Press, 2014. Miller, Alice. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self. 1979. Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to comment Enter your email address to comment Enter your website URL (optional)