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The 20th-century cult was a blueprint for much of the troubled teen industry.
Trigger Warning: This piece contains descriptions of abuse.
NetflixsThe Programexplores thetroubled teen industryfrom the perspective of someone who went through it.
Thats what they would use to break you.
InThe Program, journalist Maia Szalavitz describes what Synanons attack therapy entailed.
You would basically find somebodys weak points, zero in on them, and attack them, she says.
Where Is Synanon Today?
But other programs were modeled after Synanon, Kubler notes.
Features of this program reportedly included beatings and kidnapping of adult participants, according to Szalavitz.
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