A 26 year old, white, single male with university education and a high-qualified job came to our
Therapeutic Community accompanied by his family after two years living abroad in the UK, where heavy use of mephedrone (always snorted, usually between 1 and 2 grams), on a daily basis, had taken place.
Treating criminal psychopaths in a
therapeutic community program.
The intent of this concurrent mixed methods study was to examine the impact of the
therapeutic community on client outcomes.
Recently, ODRC conducted a comparative study of two prison-based therapeutic communities, the OASIS Program at Pickaway Correctional Institution in Orient, Ohio, and the Tapestry
Therapeutic Community.
Because the Handbook is identified as such an important component of participation in the MWP
therapeutic community program, it begs the question of whether or not Handbook material is readily absorbed and understood by program participants.
In PH there is a professional staff, and the treatment is based on a mutual-help
therapeutic community.
Similarly the
therapeutic community as treatment, also with precedents between the world wars, emerged fully around the same time.
Circumstances, Motivation, Readiness, and Suitability (the CMRS scales): Predicting retention in
therapeutic community treatment.
The questionnaire was administered by an external psychologist on participants' treatment visits, or, with regard to
therapeutic community participants, while the participants were not involved in community treatment activities.
Jordan House encourages participation in household activities in order to model independent living skills, to teach coping skills, and to simply recreate together, thus enhancing the
therapeutic community.
A view of self-injurious behavior (SIB) informed by trauma theory and
therapeutic community principles provides a framework to guide clinical practice, promote a safe living and learning environment, and inform policy development to support a collaborative university response to SIB.
The authors also explain concepts like
therapeutic community, social learning theory, and psychiatric rehabilitation, as well as the effect of the development of psychotropic drugs and psychopharmacology.
