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Something Was Wrong

S24 Ep9: Adolescent Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, MD

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

*Content Warning: Institutional child abuse ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), childhood abuse, upsetting topics, suicidal ideation, crime.

*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources   

*Learn more about Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, MD:
Website - hartselleandassociates.com/
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hartselle-md-79215419/
Instagram - instagram.com/stephaniehartsellemd/
Facebook - facebook.com/stephaniehartsellemd/

*SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:
The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart

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*Sources:

Aacap. Facts for Families. www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families

Accessing Essentials. www.cerealfordinner.org/access/mental-health-care.

Hartselle, M.D., Stephanie, et al. “Media Representation of Boys.” Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, July 2025, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1056499325000525.

“NATSAP Outcomes &Amp; Evaluation Report - National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs.” National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, 13 Mar. 2025, natsap.org/natsap-outcomes-evaluation-report.

Stop Abuse in Residential Treatment for Troubled Teens  | ASTART for Teens. astartforteens.org/home.

Robert Friedman, Ph.D. “A START: Warnings for Parents Considering a Residential Placement for Their Child or Adolescent.” A START, 2005, astartforteens.org/assets/files/ASTART-Facts-and-Warning-Signs.pdf.

The Alliance for the Safe, Therapeutic and Appropriate use of Residential Treatment (ASTART) “Stop Abuse in Residential Treatment for Troubled Teens” | ASTART for Teens, astartforteens.org/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Something was wrong is intended for mature audiences and discusses upsetting topics.

0:05.9

Season 24 survivors discuss violence that they endured as children, which may be triggering for some

0:12.0

listeners. As always, please consume with care. For a full content warning, sources and resources

0:19.1

for each episode, please visit the episode notes.

0:23.2

Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own and do not necessarily represent

0:27.7

the views of Broken Cycle Media. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty

0:33.2

in a court of law. Responses to allegations from individual institutions are included within the season.

0:40.4

Something was wrong and any linked materials should not be misconstrued as a substitution for

0:45.5

legal or medical advice.

0:47.6

I'm Tiffany Reese, and this is something was wrong.

1:17.3

Music was wrong. My name is Dr. Stephanie Hartzell. I am a physician and a psychiatrist and board certified in both pediatric and adult psychiatry.

1:22.9

I teach at Brown University, the medical students, about anything from psychotherapy to

1:29.7

neuroscience and cognitive circuits.

1:32.8

I also am a spokesperson for the American Academy of Child and Lesson Psychiatry in the media

1:39.0

speaking on a variety of topics.

1:41.4

I was born and raised in Northern California and moved up to Oregon for college

1:47.4

and always wanted to be a doctor but thought I was too bad at science. When I got up to Oregon,

1:52.0

I became an EMT, and realized that I really wanted to be a physician. In Oregon, I lived out in

1:57.6

the rural section of central and then eastern Oregon, which happened to be one of the locations of many of the wilderness programs we're going to be speaking about today.

2:08.5

When I lived in Bend, Oregon, and I was in MT in the late 90s, early 2000s, there were numerous programs out there in Eastern Oregon.

2:17.2

And I would see people coming in emaciated.

2:19.3

I would see them with severe injuries, bobcat bites, all kinds of things, these kids coming out who've been kidnapped out of their beds in the middle of the night and taken into these programs.

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