I remember reading about Tranquility Bay on the Something Awful forums yeeeeeears back. This has been going on far too long. I'm sorry you had to endure the trauma of one of those places, and it's such bullshit that you're still suffering the effects.

Considering how some of the worst of these facilities are indeed in Utah... Yikes.

As does anyone who works for one or profits from one in any way.

Edit: Dr. Phil and anyone else who promotes or recommends them to desperate parents can get fucked too.

Frankly, if you work in the sort of place where kids are brought in by private companies who are hired to burst into a terrified teenager's room at 2 am and physically drag them out of their home and onto a plane while the parents stand and watch, then I've got nothing more to say to you because you're one of the people ignoring the actually sick or injured children right along with Mr. Salsa Ears.

If you work in a treatment facility which is accredited and staffed with actual trained and licensed mental health professionals instead of ex-con "counselors", then you might want to look into just how awful the other places are.

Don't be surprised if it comes out that they ignored her requests for medical intervention by accusing her of faking it. These places are scams.

Honestly, I'd be fine with paid leave being the standard provided that when these assholes are actually found guilty it all gets rescinded. That way the few times there's actually someone blameless involved who immediately gets thrown under the bus by the other asshole cops, they don't have their lives ruined in the time it takes to sort it out.

Unfortunately, the guilty usually get off scot free and thus are effectively rewarded with a paid vacation, and people who get fucked financially due to false accusations are left to flounder.