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Sometimes a troubled teen whos struggling to overcome problems with drugs, an eating disorder or anger issues just needs to get away from ordinary life. Thats the idea behind wilderness therapy programs  they give kids time away from their normal environment so they can focus on their immediate problems.

In a Sept. 11 article on the website of Colorado's Channel 9 News, writer Randy Barber praised the ability of wilderness therapy programs to help troubled teens:

[Wilderness therapy programs] assist struggling adolescents and young adults who are dealing with a variety of issues from self-esteem problems to depression, to promiscuity to addiction. The program separates the youth from their ordinary life, bringing them into the wilderness far from the influence of the friends, family and situations that may have created or contributed to the problem.

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