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Effectiveness of Boot Camps by NIH  Information about teen boot camps from the results of a two-and-a-half-day conference conducted by the National Institutes of Health that examined and assessed the current state of knowledge regarding adolescent violence and related health-risking social behavior and identified directions for future research.

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NMHA - About Juvenile Boot Camps  The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service.

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Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General  Read the Surgeon General's report on the ineffectivess of traditional boot camps in controlling Youth Violence at the National Library of Medicine.

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