1. Therapeutic communities and mental health system reform
- Author
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Norma C. Ware and Barbara Dickey
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Psychological intervention ,Health Professions (miscellaneous) ,Article ,Interviews as Topic ,Nursing ,Middle Eastern Mental Health Issues & Syndromes ,medicine ,Humans ,Interpersonal Relations ,Social Behavior ,Empowerment ,Psychiatry ,Therapeutic Community ,media_common ,Mental health law ,business.industry ,Mental Disorders ,Rehabilitation ,Therapeutic community ,Convalescence ,Therapeutic jurisprudence ,Mental illness ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Community Mental Health Services ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Massachusetts ,Health Care Reform ,business - Abstract
Topic The contemporary relevance of therapeutic communities as a treatment modality in mental health is described. Methods This paper builds upon on a qualitative study to provide a case illustration of a working therapeutic community for persons with serious mental illness. Sources used The data are seventeen interviews conducted with staff and residents and observations carried out during four days of field work by the research team. Conclusions Studies are needed to determine whether therapeutic communities strengthen consumer capacity for social integration and thus contribute to empowerment and the larger recovery agenda.
- Published
- 2008