Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users by Barbara Rawlings

Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users by Barbara Rawlings

Written by academics and practitioners from around the world, this is a comprehensive overview of the development of therapeutic communities and their benefits for treating drug users. Contributors describe how the model operates in the community, and how it has been modified to fit different settings, types of client and referral requirements.

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'Authoritative, prescriptive and inflexible chapters are balanced by more personal portraits of therapeutic communities'

-- Psychiatric Bulletin
In our opinion, the strength of this book is that it is written in language that is accessible to a diverse audience. The authors is clearly defines different therapeutic community models. Some of the authors use case study examples, which are useful and give a real flavour to the material. Many of the authors provide references and directions for further reading, which may be useful for some readers. The accounts given by clients and staff are noticeably balanced and highlight both the problems and rewards of being involved in a therapeutic community. -- Forensic Update
The purpose, origins, development and potential future of therapeutic communities are all covered in this book. It offers a view of the infamous US Synanon therapeutic community, how it emerged via contact with Alcoholics Anonymous members, its worldwide export and its influence on treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions. I recommend this book, if only as a reference volume. But to use it solely as such might deny the reader the experience of some excellent qualitative chapters, particularly by Burnett and a former resident staff member of the Ley community in Oxford. -- Addiction Today

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.

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ISBN 13	9781853028175
ISBN 10	1853028177
Title	Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
Author	Barbara Rawlings
Series	Community Culture And Change
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published	2001-06-15
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.