Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katelyn Haruko Schmisseur is one of many former campers coming forward to share their experiences with wilderness therapy. They ...

In recent years, several lawsuits have challenged wilderness therapy program exclusions in health plans. Not only do members typically assert a claim for benefits, alleging a denial of wilderness ...

In the middle of the night, 16 year old Rowan was taken from her home, against her will, and sent to a wilderness therapy program in Utah after a history of suicidal and violent behaviors. At that ...

The problems started early on. The young girl from a Denver suburb — identified in a recent lawsuit only as “I.” — had problems interacting with the kids at school. She got bullied. The oldest of ...

Several families have filed lawsuits against commercial payers for refusing to pay for their children’s wilderness therapy, a treatment similar to residential mental healthcare except programs are ...

Wilderness therapy combines outdoor activities with therapy sessions to help people learn about themselves. This therapy is often used for at-risk adolescents and can help families work on their ...

North Carolina health officials said Friday that they are removing all children from the care of a wilderness therapy program, Trails Carolina, nearly two weeks after the death of a 12-year-old New ...

In 1994, when I was fourteen years old, my parents, with considerable reluctance, accepted the recommendation of an educational consultant and sent me to an outdoor therapeutic program in Oregon.