I think people should be judged by what they DO, not what ideal picture they put forward of themselves. And as mentioned, the majority of kids were sent to ela

I think people should be judged by what they DO, not what ideal picture they put forward of themselves. And as mentioned, the majority of kids were sent to elan school ... by youth services. Not by parents. Was it "psychiatric best practice"? Probably not. Was it "psychiatry IN PRACTICE"? Yes, absolutely, for thousands of kids. It's far from the only such institution, or even the worst. By the way, the very large majority of people who "help" kids aren't psychiatrists, a bigger part are social workers, and an even bigger portion don't have any training at all. That too defines what they do, what happens in practice. This sector doesn't follow any method or rules, they just randomly try things, whatever the individual randomly assigned feels appropriate.