Community As Method
Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings
Published on 16. September 1997
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-275-94818-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents adaptations of the therapeutic community (TC) model and method for special populations of substance abusers, and implementation in a variety of institutions and human service settings. Included are pregnant adult addicts and their children, adolescents, prison inmates and parolees, the homeless, and chronically ill clients in methadone treatment. The settings include community residence and transitional housing facilities, state prisons, county jails, homeless shelters, mental hospitals, inpatient wards and outpatient clinics, as well as community based treatment programs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
655 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94818-4 (9780275948184)
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Person
GEORGE DE LEON is Director of the Center for Therapeutic Community Research at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. in New York City. He has published numerous articles and several books on addiction treatment in therapeutic communities.
Content
Preface
Introduction
Therapeutic Communities in Mental Health and Human Services
Therapeutic Communities: Is There An Essential Model? by George De Leon
A Modified Therapeutic Community for Homeless MICA Clients by Stanley Sacks et al.
ZENITH House: A Therapeutic Home for the Homeless by Maria Messina
The Greenhouse: A Modified Therapeutic Community for Mentally Ill, Homeless Addicts at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center by Charles H. Silberstein, Elizabeth J. Metzger, and Marc Galanter
Therapeutic Communities in Criminal Justice
The Amity Therapeutic Community Program at Donovan Prison: Program Description and Approach by Wendy F. Graham and Harry K. Wexler
The TC Continuum in Corrections by Dorothy Lockwood et al.
Substance Abuse Treatment in a Jail Setting: A Therapeutic Community Model by Peggy Glider et al.
Therapeutic Communities for Women and Their Children, and Adolescents
Specialized TC Treatment for Chemically Dependent Women and Their Children by Shirley D. Coletti et al.
Women and Children: Therapeutic Community Substance Abuse Treatment by Sally J. Stevens, Naya Arbiter, and Robin McGrath
A Therapeutic Community Program for Mothers and Their Children by Charles Winick and John T. Evans
Therapeutic Communities for Adolescents: The Same and Not the Same by Nancy Jainchill
The John Dewey Academy: A Moral Caring Community (An Amalgamation of the Professional Model and Self-help Concept of the Therapeutic Community) by Carol Jaffe Bratter et al.
Modified Therapeutic Communities: Short-Term Residential, and Day Treatment Models
Program Description and Outcome of an Enhanced, Six Months Residential Therapeutic Community by Samuel Karson and Robert V. Gesumaria
The Therapeutic Community Model Applied to Day Treatment of Substance Abuse by Jesus Bucardo et al.
Passages: A Modified Therapeutic Community Model for Methadone Maintained Clients by George De Leon et al.
Homelessness and Substance Abuse: The Efficacy of Modified Residential and Non Residential Therapeutic Community Models by Sally J. Stevens, Jenny Chong, and Julie Reed Erickson
Modified Therapeutic Communities: Emerging Issues by George De Leon
Introduction
Therapeutic Communities in Mental Health and Human Services
Therapeutic Communities: Is There An Essential Model? by George De Leon
A Modified Therapeutic Community for Homeless MICA Clients by Stanley Sacks et al.
ZENITH House: A Therapeutic Home for the Homeless by Maria Messina
The Greenhouse: A Modified Therapeutic Community for Mentally Ill, Homeless Addicts at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center by Charles H. Silberstein, Elizabeth J. Metzger, and Marc Galanter
Therapeutic Communities in Criminal Justice
The Amity Therapeutic Community Program at Donovan Prison: Program Description and Approach by Wendy F. Graham and Harry K. Wexler
The TC Continuum in Corrections by Dorothy Lockwood et al.
Substance Abuse Treatment in a Jail Setting: A Therapeutic Community Model by Peggy Glider et al.
Therapeutic Communities for Women and Their Children, and Adolescents
Specialized TC Treatment for Chemically Dependent Women and Their Children by Shirley D. Coletti et al.
Women and Children: Therapeutic Community Substance Abuse Treatment by Sally J. Stevens, Naya Arbiter, and Robin McGrath
A Therapeutic Community Program for Mothers and Their Children by Charles Winick and John T. Evans
Therapeutic Communities for Adolescents: The Same and Not the Same by Nancy Jainchill
The John Dewey Academy: A Moral Caring Community (An Amalgamation of the Professional Model and Self-help Concept of the Therapeutic Community) by Carol Jaffe Bratter et al.
Modified Therapeutic Communities: Short-Term Residential, and Day Treatment Models
Program Description and Outcome of an Enhanced, Six Months Residential Therapeutic Community by Samuel Karson and Robert V. Gesumaria
The Therapeutic Community Model Applied to Day Treatment of Substance Abuse by Jesus Bucardo et al.
Passages: A Modified Therapeutic Community Model for Methadone Maintained Clients by George De Leon et al.
Homelessness and Substance Abuse: The Efficacy of Modified Residential and Non Residential Therapeutic Community Models by Sally J. Stevens, Jenny Chong, and Julie Reed Erickson
Modified Therapeutic Communities: Emerging Issues by George De Leon