. EMDR has been recommended to treat PTSD by the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association .
Former residents of Troubled Teen facilities have complained about more than questionable therapeutic practices. Hannah Kay, 27, attended Lighthouse of Northwest Florida in Jay, FL from 2007 to 2011 and now volunteers at Breaking Code Silence. The school has since been closed, some time afterKay says she was taken to the school in the night through an escort system, similar to the one Hilton experienced.
Friedrich says that one of the worst parts about eating was the way that it gave staff members an opening to shame the students. “Having the staff members look over your shoulder and either give you consequences or shame you for having slightly too much rice on your plate, or forcing you to eat something that makes you sick was not, um, pleasant,” she says. “It completely destroyed the concept of intuitive eating for me.
That same student, alleges Rayburn, tried to hang herself in her bedroom one night. “My best friend and this girl — they were roommates — and my best friend walked in and the girl was hanging herself by the chandelier,” she says. “Staff didn't call 911 — they didn’t do anything. They just took her down.” This wasn’t an isolated incident, according to Rayburn. “When I was there, there were several suicide attempts,” she says. “They never called 911, because they weren't allowed to.