A Summary of Participant Perspectives on Residential Treatment for Youth –  An online survey was developed and posted to gather information from young adults who participated in these types of programs when they were adolescents.  Reports from 230 former program participants who attended programs located in 21 states across the country and 5 countries outside the United States reveal a pattern of communication and privacy rights violations, misuse of seclusion and restraint, and inhumane treatment, as well as significant distress and suffering relating to program participation.  An analysis of the reports submitted by 49 young adults who attended programs in Montana, specifically, also revealed this pattern.