Community As Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings

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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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"[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
"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
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

Author Bio

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.