196. EXPOSING the Troubled-Teen Industry: How it Scams Parents & Harms Teens feat. Maia Szalavitz скачать в хорошем качестве

196. EXPOSING the Troubled-Teen Industry: How it Scams Parents & Harms Teens feat. Maia Szalavitz

#196 Today's guest is Maia Szalavitz— an award-winning author and journalist. She first advocated against the Troubled-Teen Industry in her 2006 book, Help at Any Cost, and has since written several New York Times articles and appeared in the 2024 Netflix documentary, The Program, to discuss this dangerous industry further. In this episode, we discuss: The history of the troubled-teen industry & what it looks like today What proper mental health care for teenagers should look like Why teens with substance abuse or behavioral issues can't succeed in troubled-teen programs My personal troubled-teen industry experience The real reasons why parents are sending their kids away to treatment programs The dangerous accountability model behind many troubled-teen programs The unethical ways that troubled-teen programs earn massive profits The trauma that troubled-teen survivors face due to these programs Regulations that could eliminate these programs for good MENTIONED The Program: https://www.netflix.com/title/81579761 Help at Any Cost: https://www.amazon.com/Help-Any-Cost-... New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/15/op... Trails Carolina article: https://carolinapublicpress.org/63957... Maia's Website: https://maiasz.com/ Unsilenced: https://www.unsilenced.org/ SHOP GUEST RECOMMENDATIONS: https://amzn.to/3A69GOC STARBUCKS GIFTCARD GIVEAWAY: Want coffee on me?! Each month I'll be randomly choosing a winner to receive a Starbucks giftcard! To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave a review of the podcast on Spotify and/or Apple Podcasts and DM me on a screenshot of your review on Instagram. Win bonus entries by tagging the podcast on your Instagram story or TikTok! Good luck! LET'S CONNECT Instagram (@shepersistedpodcast) Website (shepersistedpodcast.com) YouTube (Sadie Sutton: She Persisted Podcast) Twitter (@persistpodcast) Facebook (@shepersistedpodcast) TikTok (@shepersistedpodcast) [email protected] © 2020 She Persisted LLC. This podcast is copyrighted subject matter owned by She Persisted LLC and She Persisted LLC reserves all rights in and to the podcast. Any use without She Persisted LLC’s express prior written consent is prohibited.