| Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users Contributor(s): Rawlings, Barbara (Editor), Yates, Rowdy (Editor), Yates, Rody (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853028177 ISBN-13: 9781853028175 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: The majority of therapeutic communities treating drug users are 'concept-based': they are hierarchical with the staff forming a chain of command. In this authoritative new study, the authors explore the most significant differences between this approach and democratic therapeutic communities, including their hierarchical structures, their confrontational group sessions and their total prohibition of drugs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Group - Psychology | Psychopathology - Addiction - Medical | Neurology |
| Dewey: 616.860 |
| LCCN: 2001029833 |
| Series: Community, Culture and Change |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.66" W x 9.14" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Concept-based therapeutic communities emerged out of the informal group meetings of Charles Dederich and a number of former Alcoholics Anonymous members in California in the late 1950s. The model was exported worldwide and has not only become the most widely used approach to residential treatment but has proved enormously influential in the development of many other treatment approaches; both residential and ambulatory. Concept-based therapeutic communities are hierarchical, and the staff and residents form a chain of command. Staff are often qualified for their work by virtue of having been residents in such a community themselves. Like other types of therapeutic community, a central tenet of the approach is the emphasis on self help and the belief in the influence of the group dynamic in facilitating therapeutic interventions. Written by academics and practitioners from around the world, this is a comprehensive overview of the development of therapeutic communities and their benefits in the treatment of drug users. Contributors describe how the model operates in the community, and how it has been modified over time to fit different settings, different types of client and different referral requirements. Illustrated by descriptions of staff and client experiences, this book also provides an inside view of how this sort of therapeutic community actually operates. This authoritative study concludes by examining the research evidence for treatment effectiveness. It will be of interest to policy makers, managers and researchers in the field of drug abuse treatment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rawlings, Barbara: - Barbara Rawlings has worked in a hierarchical therapeutic community for drug users and a democratic therapeutic community for adolescents with behavioural difficulties, as well as conducting reviews on TCs for the Prison Service of England and Wales and the High Security Psychiatric Services Commissioning Board. She is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, and is currently conducting qualitative research in therapeutic communities. |