Committed youth. Why are so many teens being locked up in private mental hospitals?
What to do with a problem teenager? Once the answer might have been discipline in the home, a military school or, in extreme cases, a juvenile-detention center. Today, however, there is an increasing swing toward institutionalization of difficult kids--kids who may only be suffering from the normal stresses and strains of adolescence.
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