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Training for democratic therapeutic community practitioners, and workers in therapeutic and enabling environments
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 93-97, June 2018. Purpose Training in therapeutic community and related approaches has not been widely available, and there is debate about the form this should take. This has had a negative impact on the field. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The authors consider the history of training in democratic therapeutic community methods in the UK in particular, and trace some of the reasons for its lack of development. Findings With the expansion of TC methodology into new areas, such as the...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - June 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The effects of craving on implicit cognitive mechanisms involved in risk behavior: can dialectical behavior therapy in therapeutic communities make a difference? A pilot study
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 83-92, June 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine pre- to post-change in two components of implicit cognitive functioning following craving induction – attentional bias (AB) and executive control – of patients in a long-term drug-free residential treatment center that incorporated dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) with usual therapeutic community (TC) practices. Design/methodology/approach Three groups of alcohol and cannabis dependent f emale adolescents were compared: pre-treatment (n=12), follo...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - June 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Therapeutic alliance dimensions and dropout in a therapeutic community: “Bond with me and I will stay”
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 73-82, June 2018. Purpose A better therapeutic alliance at the beginning of treatment for addictive behaviours has been found to prevent dropout. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how the development of therapeutic alliance dimensions was associated with the dropout prevention. Design/methodology/approach A total of 23 participants presented a substance use disorder related to heroin or cocaine and were in three distinct treatment phases of a therapeutic community. Each participant filled in the therapeutic allia...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - June 7, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Global perspectives
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 201-201, December 2017. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The case for “fluid” hierarchies in therapeutic communities
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 207-216, December 2017. Purpose Democratic therapeutic communities (TCs), use a “flattened hierarchy” model whereby staff and clients are considered to have an equal voice, sharing administrative and some therapeutic responsibility. Using the sociological framework of interaction ritual chain theory, the purpose of this paper is to explain how TC client members negotiated a nd enforced community expectations through an analysis of power within everyday interactions outside of structured therapy. Design/methodology/a...
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The US therapeutic community 2017
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 206-206, December 2017. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Drug-free therapeutic communities in Europe
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 205-205, December 2017. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Reflections on the TC landscape in the UK
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 203-204, December 2017. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Australasian TCs: innovation and enhancement of the model
Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities,Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 202-202, December 2017. (Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities)
Source: Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities - November 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research