Background: This study compared the effects of three drug addiction treatment methods on quality of life and mental health of drug addicts. Methods: In this study, 227 Iranian male drug addicts were selected from Mazandaran Province (northern Iran). They were randomized to be treated with methadone maintenance treatment, therapeutic community, or residential rehabilitation. The Short Form Healt...

This article focuses on the similarities and relations between the European therapeutic community for children and adults on the one hand and the American drug-free "concept" therapeutic community on the other. Both approaches are reviewed in a historical and comparative perspective with special attention to several critical issues: democracy versus hierarchy, self-help versus professionalism, ...

Harry K. Wexler: When I started out, there was very little treatment for offenders. Pris­ ons were seen as warehouses, and “noth­ ing works” was the prevailing belief. Then research started to demonstrate reductions in recidivism with therapeutic communities (TCs). Policymakers and legislators became very interested. TC became the dominant model throughout prisons. It is still promi­ nent throu...

Psychological and physical patient state as well as the influence of other social factor is of great influence voice rehabilitation. A team of experts in the field of voice and its function are involved in voice therapy. Our research was focused on the successfulness of voice recovery depending on the patient vocal disorder approach. We made a comparison of two methods: RVT and Accent method. W...

Ecological restoration is defined as active intervention and management to restore biotic communities that were formerly present at a particular place and time. Examples are given from both New Zealand and overseas of a variety of different restoration projects. The possibility is raised of replacing some animal species extinct in New Zealand with related living forms from other countries. The ...

Traditional therapeutic communities (TCs) are characterized by confrontational group therapy, treatment phases, a tenure-based resident hierarchy, and long-term residential care. Many TCs have modified the structure and intensity of the traditional model, tailored services for specific client populations, and hired more professionally trained staff. This study examines the extent to which modif...

How does one design and implement a randomized clinical trial in a therapeutic community (TC)? This was the question confronting two Perinatal-20 Treatment Research Demonstration Program grantees, Amity, Inc., in Tucson, Arizona, and Operation PAR, Inc., in St. Petersburg, Florida. This chapter describes the issues encountered by these two agencies in developing clinical laboratories for resear...