Community as Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings - Hardcover

De Leon, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275948188 ISBN 13: 9780275948184

Publisher: Praeger, 1997

Synopsis

[ Community as Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings By ( Author ) Sep-1997 Hardcover

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Review:

"Dr. De Leon's achievement in bringing together this collection of papers is impressive and will further clinician's interest in the treatment modality of the therapeutic community....This book will be an excellent acquisition for agencies and clinicians dealing with such difficult-to-treat populations."-Psychiatric Services

?Dr. De Leon's achievement in bringing together this collection of papers is impressive and will further clinician's interest in the treatment modality of the therapeutic community....This book will be an excellent acquisition for agencies and clinicians dealing with such difficult-to-treat populations.?-Psychiatric Services

"Dr. De Leon is a hero of modern addiction treatment, bringing a remarkable persistence, integrity, and compassion to the often arcane and even controversial area of treatment program evaluation. [His] new volume extends brilliant work into a variety of special populations and special settings. The book will be widely used for years. It deserves the widest support."-Robert L. DuPont, M.D. President, Institute for Behavior & Health, Inc. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine

"[This] is an extremely important book that promises to have implications for a wide variety of fields and groups. It raises significant questions in fields as varied as prisons and drug abuse centers and so on. These questions arise out of basic concepts of Therapeutic Communities, many of which use self-help dimension: the use of the member of the population as paid staff is fundamental. George De Leon, in a brilliant concluding chapter provides an extremely useful survey and integration, 'as TCs move into the mainstream, they are committed to treating more difficult clients in shorter periods of time and with decreasing resources.' This book should be read by a wide audience mental health specialist, educators and family service specialists, and health educators."-Frank Reissman, Ph.D., Director, National Self Help Clearinghouse

Synopsis:

This text 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. These include state prisons, county jails, homeless shelters and mental hospitals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0275948188
• ISBN 13: 9780275948184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326