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The content of Gooning was merged into Teen escort company on 10 September 2023. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that ___location, see its talk page.

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The redirect Secure transport company has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 9 § Secure transport company until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 07:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

A new paragraph was added summarizing clinical, regulatory, and public-health perspectives on treatment transport. The existing article was written largely from a single critical viewpoint, relying mostly on advocacy and journalistic sources. Under WP:NPOV and WP:UNDUE, the page should represent all significant, reliably sourced perspectives—not only criticism.

The new paragraph:

• Cites independent, mainstream medical and policy sources (e.g., the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory, peer-reviewed outcome reviews, and state statutes such as Utah SB 239 and Utah Code 26B-2-125).
• References professional provider literature only to illustrate established clinical practices (de-escalation, consent where possible, family communication).
• Maintains neutral tone and avoids promotional or moral framing.
• Restores balance by showing that licensed, clinically supervised transport and residential care exist within the broader U.S. behavioral-health system and are subject to increasing regulation.

This addition improves compliance with WP:V and WP:NPOV by providing sourced, neutral context. Unless there are specific sourcing concerns, the paragraph should remain, and future revisions should continue to expand balanced coverage of both clinical and critical perspectives.

Rwtredin (talk) 04:15, 8 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

I appreciate that you created a talkpage section on this, I appreciate your bold edit and your source searching. I have very limited insight in the sources used here. I do have concerns:

• Looking at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Wikipedia article, the organization might have (undisclosed) financial ties to this industry.
• The Interactive Youth Transport blog is a primary source and might not be usable/appropriate to balance against claims of significant abuse.
• The two studies listed don't seem to be about teen escort companies, but about residential centres themselves. As such, they might not give any insight at all about the impact of gooning specifically. Moreover, they cannot be used to claim that anything is "recognized by major medical bodies." That's not how a study works.
• In general, I do not see the relevance of a sentence about "residential treatment" in general (an extremely broad subject) within an article that should stay focused on teen escort companies.

Overall, it looks to me like only the AACAP source and the three laws are usable for this article. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 10:31, 8 October 2025 (UTC)Reply