Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
272Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
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Overview
Written by academics and practitioners from around the world, this is a comprehensive overview of the development of therapeutic communities and their benefits in the treatment of drug users. Contributors describe how the model operates in the community, and how it has been modified over time to fit different settings, different types of client and different referral requirements. Illustrated by descriptions of staff and client experiences, this book also provides an inside view of how this sort of therapeutic community actually operates.
This authoritative study concludes by examining the research evidence for treatment effectiveness.
It will be of interest to policy makers, managers and researchers in the field of drug abuse treatment.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781853028175 |
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Publisher: | Kingsley, Jessica Publishers |
Publication date: | 06/15/2001 |
Series: | Community, Culture and Change |
Pages: | 272 |
Product dimensions: | 6.06(w) x 9.13(h) x 0.63(d) |
About the Author
Barbara Rawlings has worked in a hierarchical therapeutic community for drug users and a democratic therapeutic community for adolescents with behavioural difficulties, as well as conducting reviews on TCs for the Prison Service of England and Wales and the High Security Psychiatric Services Commissioning Board. She is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, and is currently conducting qualitative research in therapeutic communities. Rowdy Yates is director of the Scottish Drugs Training Project at the University of Stirling. He was previously the Director of a non-residential treatment service for drug users for more than two decades. He is the Executive President of the European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research (EWODOR) and an associate member of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities.