Episode 80 - The Troubled Teen Industry (with Kenneth R. Rosen)

Kenneth R. Rosen is an author and journalist with firsthand experience in what is colloquially called the Troubled Teen Industry. This industry – a dubious version of wilderness therapy – often includes coercion, legal kidnapping, and manipulation. Kenneth joins us to talk about these harmful practices and his new book, Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs.

Introduction: 0:00 – 14:10

Part One: 14:10 – 1:06:05

Part Two: 1:06:05 – 1:14:31

Show Notes:

• Donate to the Rory Peck Trust

• Kenneth R. Rosen’s Website

• Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs

• Psychological Science Accelerator

• The replication crisis devastated psychology. This group is looking to rebuild it.

• To which world regions does the valence– dominance model of social perception apply?

• Is it couple therapy, couple’s therapy, or couples therapy?