The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders
The evolution of the contemporary Therapeutic Community (TC) for addictions over the past 50 years may be characterized as a movement from the marginal to the mainstream of substance abuse treatment and human services. TCs currently serve a wide array of clients and their diverse problems; through a...
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| description | The evolution of the contemporary Therapeutic Community (TC) for addictions over the past 50 years may be characterized as a movement from the marginal to the mainstream of substance abuse treatment and human services. TCs currently serve a wide array of clients and their diverse problems; through advances in research in treatment outcomes, the composition of staff has been reshaped, the duration of residential treatment has been reduced, the treatment goals have been reset and, to a considerable extent, the approach of therapy itself has been modified. An overview of the TC as a distinct social-psychological method for treating addiction and related disorders is provided by this paper. Included in this is a focus on the multifaceted psychological wounds that consistently show a strong association with addiction and thereby require initiating a recovery process characterized by life-style and identity changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6739281f091948308d615d3c6408be152022-12-22T00:02:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402020-08-011110.3389/fpsyt.2020.00786494340The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related DisordersGeorge De Leon0Human F. Unterrainer1Human F. Unterrainer2Human F. Unterrainer3Department of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, New York City, NY, United StatesCenter for Integrative Addiction Research (CIAR), Grüner Kreis Society, Vienna, AustriaUniversity Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute for Religious Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaThe evolution of the contemporary Therapeutic Community (TC) for addictions over the past 50 years may be characterized as a movement from the marginal to the mainstream of substance abuse treatment and human services. TCs currently serve a wide array of clients and their diverse problems; through advances in research in treatment outcomes, the composition of staff has been reshaped, the duration of residential treatment has been reduced, the treatment goals have been reset and, to a considerable extent, the approach of therapy itself has been modified. An overview of the TC as a distinct social-psychological method for treating addiction and related disorders is provided by this paper. Included in this is a focus on the multifaceted psychological wounds that consistently show a strong association with addiction and thereby require initiating a recovery process characterized by life-style and identity changes.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00786/fullcommunity as methodoverview, group therapysubstance use disordertherapeutic community |
| spellingShingle | George De Leon Human F. Unterrainer Human F. Unterrainer Human F. Unterrainer The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders Frontiers in Psychiatry community as method overview, group therapy substance use disorder therapeutic community |
| title | The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders |
| title_full | The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders |
| title_fullStr | The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders |
| title_short | The Therapeutic Community: A Unique Social Psychological Approach to the Treatment of Addictions and Related Disorders |
| title_sort | therapeutic community a unique social psychological approach to the treatment of addictions and related disorders |
| topic | community as method overview, group therapy substance use disorder therapeutic community |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00786/full |
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