The Therapeutic Community

Introduction Part One: Theory and models of the therapeutic community Editor’s Discussion 1. Some basic concepts in therapeutic community work 2. Therapeutic communities: the ideal, the real and the possible 3. The halfway house as a therapeutic community: a useful model or a burdensome myth? 4. Therapeutic community models: I Spring Lake Ranch 5. Therapeutic community models: II Kingsley Hall 6. Therapeutic community models: III Phoenix House 7. Therapeutic community models: IV The Richmond Fellowship 8. A theoretical approach to the halfway house 9. Limit-setting for late adolescents in an adult psychiatric halfway house 10. Psycho-education as a Re-education model: theoretical foundations and practical implications 11. Aspects of working with families in a Richmond Fellowship Hostel Part Two: The Staffing Question Editor’s Discussion 12. The consumer’s perspective 13. Between Scylla and Charybdis: staff training in therapeutic communities 14. Selection, training and supervision of mental health halfway house staff 15. The hostel as a therapeutic community and the implications for training 16. The training of halfway house staff 17. A spiritual perspective Part Three: Politics and Planning Editor’s discussion 18. The politics of therapeutic communities 19. government policies and programmes for therapeutic communities in America: undying dreams and grim realities 20. The role of government: a political perspective 21. The local authority’s perspective 22. Working with governments on the provision of therapeutic communities: a Dutch perspective 23. Community psychiatry in the metropolis: nothing for everyone 24. Caring, the stepchild of our medical care system 25. The role of the halfway house in community mental health programme in the United Kingdom and America