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Sequel Youth and Family Services is a private for-profit operator of behavioral healthcare facilities for children and youth in the United States. The company is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama and owns a nationwide network of over 40 facilities in more than 15 states, including residential treatment centers, group homes, special schools, and community-based programs.
The probe began in 2022 as child welfare advocates called for increased oversight of youth treatment centers following high-profile incidents of abuse and deaths at facilities around the country.
The troubled teen industry (also known as TTI) is a broad range of youth residential programs aimed at struggling teenagers. The term encompasses various facilities and programs, including youth residential treatment centers , wilderness programs , boot camps , and therapeutic boarding schools .
This industry is not without controversy, however. The U.S. Surgeon General (1999) discussed the need to clarify admission criteria to residential treatment programs. [33] Included in the same report was the call for more updated research as most of the residential research had been completed in the 1960s and 1970s. [33] [dead link ].
Only 1 in 4 residential addiction treatment programs for teenagers provide buprenorphine — or even know what it is, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical ...
Paris Hilton is emotional during a discussion of legislation to protect youths in residential treatment facilities in California. She is joined by state Sens. Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward), left, and ...
A residential treatment center (RTC), sometimes called a rehab, is a live-in health care facility providing therapy for substance use disorders, mental illness, or other behavioral problems. Residential treatment may be considered the "last-ditch" approach to treating abnormal psychology or psychopathology.
The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades. It's Still Not Fixed.