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Madness and chaos in the culture of a therapeutic community
This study is unusual in drawing upon staff member’ s perceptions of their own relationship to “madness” in response to being involved in the life of a therapeutic community. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - April 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The alumni club: interpersonal contact and the exchange of recovery oriented helping in a sample of former residents of a therapeutic community for women
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Ahead of Print. Purpose Aftercare is an important predictor of outcomes following treatment for substance abuse. Despite this, there is evidence that the great majority of substance abusing clients choose not to participate in aftercare. Aftercare programs that are tied to specific residential treatment facilities, sometimes known as alumni groups or alumni clubs, might increase participation by offering former residents the opportunity to maintain treatment oriented social networks. Therapeutic communities (TCs), which emphasize mutual aid bet...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - April 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The SCIA Questionnaire: standards for communities for children and adolescents – a tool for the evaluation of good practices
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 1-15, May 2019. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the Italian validation of the standards for communities for children and adolescents (SCIA) Questionnaire, an evaluation tool of communities quality standards, based on the “Service Standards for Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People – 2nd edition” of the Community of Communities (2009), that enables an empirical, multidimensional and complex evaluation of the therapeutic community (TC) “system”. It is a self-report that sets out an...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The SCIA Questionnaire: standards for communities for children and adolescents. A tool for the evaluation of good practices
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the Italian validation of the standards for communities for children and adolescents (SCIA) Questionnaire, an evaluation tool of communities quality standards, based on the “Service Standards for Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People – 2nd edition” of the Community of Communities (2009), that enables an empirical, multidimensional and complex evaluation of the therapeutic community (TC) “system”. It is a self-report that sets out and measures variables tha...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - March 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The recovery-oriented therapeutic community for addictions (ROTC): a response to contemporary substance use disorder treatments in the Philippines
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Ahead of Print. Purpose The Philippines ’ nationwide campaign on drugs has been under the limelight due to its controversial approaches in dealing with the problem of addiction. Despite the government’s current efforts, substance use disorders continue to persist within the population. The purpose of this paper is to provide recommend ations for addressing the issue of substance use disorder treatment through a modification of the therapeutic community (TC) in the Philippine context. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper review...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - March 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

70 Years of the Mulberry Bush School
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 171-172, December 2018. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Therapeutic communities in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 162-170, December 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of a programme aimed at raising standards of care and levels of professionalism in private, drug-free therapeutic communities (TCs) in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the Reviver intervention in detail and draws on subjective insights collected during its implementation. Findings Over 100 TCs applied to the Reviver project, of which 83 qualified to participate. The large majority of TCs were foun...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Recovery House in Trieste: rational, participants, intervention as the “work”
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 149-161, December 2018. Purpose Too often people with complex mental health needs do not find their way out of the mental health system or find satisfactory solutions that enable them to live a full life. In 2015 the Mental Health Department (MHD) of Trieste established the Recovery House pilot project to address this concern. The paper aims to Investigate the project. Design/methodology/approach The Recovery House was co-created with and for people between 18 and 35 years old with diagnoses of psychosis and other compl...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research