...Justin Vianey Mercado Embalsado; Homer Jimenez Yabut Purpose Therapeutic communities (TC) change the patient’s thinking and behavior by facilitating abstinence self-efficacy to attain substance temptation restraint. However, abstinence self-efficacy does not involve the capacity to generate...

...David W. Jones; Craig Fees Purpose This paper aims to tell something of the story of the “Hawkspur Experiment” (1936–1941), a therapeutic camp organised early in the modern history of therapeutic community as an intervention into the lives of young men who were viewed to be at risk of delinquency...

...Riza Sarasvita; Haryanto Haryanto; Siti Isfandari; Raharni Raharni; Yoseph Jody; Debby Hernawati; Anzany Tania Dwi Putri Baringbing; Fitri Isnaini; Linda Octarina Purpose Therapeutic community (TC) is a primary approach that has been used in all Indonesian National Narcotics Board residential...

...Victoria Jade Pointon; Rachel Roberts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the psychometric characteristics of male offenders who joined a democratic therapeutic community and their relationship to attrition. Design/methodology/approach Residents who left therapy prematurely during...

... The participants were 14 people suffering from addiction to drugs who attended a residential treatment program that follows the principles of therapeutic communities. The data obtained by semi-structured interview were qualitatively analyzed by interpretive phenomenological analysis. Findings The results...

...-dimensional scale of perceived social support and demographic variables. In addition, a logistic regression model was applied to identify predictors of state anxiety by using statistical package for the social sciences software. Findings The results show that therapeutic communities clients reported more...

... with a substance use disorder who were undergoing treatment in a therapeutic community responded to therapeutic alliance, group cohesion, craving and outcomes measures after every therapeutic small group session for a period of six weeks. Data analysis was performed using hierarchical linear modeling. Findings...

...Miroslav Horák; Kristina Somerlikova; Rita Kocarova; Nahanga Verter; Hector Santiago Aldama Gonzalez; Mariah Cruz de Souza Tronco Purpose This paper aims to explore the effective factors that influence the treatment of drug addiction in therapeutic communities (TCs) and to determine its essential...

.... Design/methodology/approach In total, 50 alcohol-dependent patients were enrolled (34 men and 16 women). The patients attended a psychological treatment program at a therapeutic community, Projecte Home Balears, Spain. This paper used the European Addiction Severity Index to collect socio-demographic...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Wellbeing Teachers Motivation Therapeutic community Self-Determination Theory Teaching satisfaction Teaching can be viewed as a personally rewarding career which may serve to enhance wellbeing through interaction within the school...

...Gillie Ruscombe-King; Laura Mackenzie; Steve Pearce; Kate Saunders Purpose The mentalisation based therapeutic community (MBTC) is a group experience which promotes the acquisition of the capacity to mentalise. Members of the community gain greater emotional stability and psychological robustness...

.... The LLEE courses which were part of the evaluation were (total – 99 participants): Organizational culture Personal growth Milieu therapy Therapeutic environment Therapeutic community Psychosocial environment Organizational development Personal development training As in most forms...

...Lyndon Gene Amorin-Woods; Gregory F. Parkin-Smith; Vincenzo Cascioli; Dianne Kennedy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the outcomes of chiropractic manipulative and manual therapy (MMT) provided to residents experiencing spinal pain in a substance misuse therapeutic community (TC...

... that is an acronym for the organizing categories of safety, emotion management, loss, and the future. In essence, Sanctuary’s purpose is to create therapeutic community. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative research methods of observation of groups and meetings, content analysis of existing quantitative...

... must clarify the process underlying participant’s use of mindfulness in a drug-free setting. Anita Helen Harris can be contacted at: harrisah@tcd.ie © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Qualitative research Mindfulness Meditation Substance dependence Therapeutic community...

... psychosocial environments. Using the commonest family configuration, this could be characterised as a maternal element: safety and survival in the face of infantile pain, rage and despair. In a therapeutic community, these primitive feelings are often re‐experienced, and survival without criticism...

...‐term (56 days) modified therapeutic community (MTC) in the Australian Capital Territory. A total of 28 residents (17 males, 11 females) took part in the study, which included quantitative and qualitative measures. Findings Results demonstrate a trend in favour of dynamic client variables...

...George De Leon Purpose This paper aims to provide a comparison of “old” democratic therapeutic communities, and “new” therapeutic communities for drug abuse. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a review of historical and cultural influences on therapeutic community development...

... can be traced to ambiguities in the attitudes to authority on which the development of the community was based in the first place. Practical implications The demise of a therapeutic community is a common occurrence, and often attributed to the unfriendly attentions of some outside agency...

... of negative long‐term health outcomes (Foege, 1998). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Children (age groups) Youth Mental health services Dissociation Trauma Accommodation complex Interpersonal trauma Therapeutic community Recovery Young people Five Rivers Child Care How...