Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2017.1307155
E. Broekaert, J. De Maeyer, S. Vandevelde, W. Vanderplasschen, C. Claes, K. Colpaert, Maurice Walgraeve
ABSTRACT Although addiction is increasingly considered as a chronic problem, only a limited number of studies have addressed quality of life (QoL) in therapeutic communities (TCs) for addictions. This reflective conceptual article assesses the history, philosophy, and background of the TC movement as modern concept, with roots in existentialism and phenomenology, as well as the QoL approach as a “postmodern” concept, with a positive vision on wellbeing and happiness, grounded in Aristotelian rationalism. The exploration of the QoL concept situated in the context of TC values, facts, and subjects leads to the finding that both visions can go alternatively together and fertilize each other.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2016.1258683
Aaron Turpin, Micheal L. Shier
ABSTRACT This qualitative research explores the dynamic roles of peer support in substance use disorder treatment. Interviews were conducted with 41 participants across three long term residential substance use disorder treatment programs in the Greater Toronto Area. Findings indicate four key themes of peer support: 1) Learning opportunities (that provide perspectives of oneself, perspectives of progress, and perspectives of positive social interactions); 2) Treatment opportunities from shared experiences (which help to create trust, provide a common understanding, and alignment based on shared experiences); and 3) Mutual support (which helps to prevent isolation, acts as an informal component of intervention, and supports reassurance and ongoing feedback). Together, the findings provide a comprehensive understanding of the specific nuances of peer support in longer term substance use disorder treatment centers.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2017.1320487
Rowdy Yates, John Burns, Louise McCabe
ABSTRACT Integrated and/or multidisciplinary working has become a central guiding principle of addiction treatment throughout the Western world. Indeed, the notion has become virtually synonymous with good practice in intervening in a complex disorder like addiction. There has been surprisingly little analysis or evaluation of the efficacy of this approach. Rather, it is effectively taken for granted that integrated and/or multidisciplinary working is without question a “good thing.” But for complex interventions such as the therapeutic community, it is equally possible that these developments can threaten the underlying principles of the approach. This short literature review considers three areas of integrated working: integrating professional staff into therapeutic community teams; integrating new treatment approaches into existing therapeutic community frameworks; and the issue of therapeutic communities co-working with other treatment services with different philosophies and working practices. The work originated in an evaluative study of a network of Scottish addiction treatment services and the initial findings are that although there are some advantages to broadening the horizons of the therapeutic community movement, there is equally a danger of undermining some core principles.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2016.1272072
K. Kalina, Eva Rubášová, Lenka Čablová, Lenka Šťastná, M. Miovský
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to identify gender differences between a group with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the sample of 76 clients of therapeutic communities. The battery of tests contained three questionnaires based on ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS), Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS), and Conners Teacher Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by combining a descriptive approach and sectional processes of qualitative data analysis. Women with ADHD exhibit more complications in the WURS–25 scale and (together with the women without ADHD) in ASRS. Gender differencies in ADHD-related complication in treatment were expressed on a qualitative level; severe complications occurred mainly in the men in both groups.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2016.1258681
Jiann-guang Lin, Z. Lu, Weiting Wu
ABSTRACT This article describes Hong Kong's overall youth drug abuse situation and the society's prevention and intervention with focus on Christian Zheng Sheng College, the only high school that provides drug abuse treatment and recovery services in Hong Kong. Through literature review, site visit, and interview, researchers study the school's Holistic Interactive Therapeutic Community model, its interrelated four emphases, spiritual life, community life, laboring and schooling through the lens of holism, and typical treatment means the school uses. Limitation and future research possibilities are included in the end of the study.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2017.1280718
Martin Šefránek, M. Miovský
ABSTRACT The knowledge available on the effectiveness of treatment interventions for methamphetamine users in Europe remains scarce. The present study investigated the patterns of use and treatment outcomes of 176 clients, predominantly injecting methamphetamine users, in 4 residential therapeutic communities in the Czech Republic. Most of the clients were multiple drug users. Overall, methamphetamine users showed favorable outcomes with significant improvements in their substance misuse, injecting, health and criminal behavior at 1 year after discharge from treatment. Findings suggest that many methamphetamine users are able to complete the treatment and achieve considerable improvements.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2017.1312656
W. Vanderplasschen, S. Vandevelde, C. De Ruysscher, Dirk Vandevelde, E. Broekaert
ABSTRACT Despite more than 40 years of research, limited evidence is available for the effectiveness of drug-free therapeutic communities (TCs). Worldwide, TCs have attempted succesfully to integrate innovative and evidence-based interventions, while adhering to the “community as method” (De Leon, 2000). This article is a case study of scientific research on practice and innovations in a TC, De Kiem (Belgium), over the past 40 years, illustrating how research and innovative approaches have shaped the TC into its current practice. From the start, scientific research was used to develop and adapt the TC program. International collaboration introduced new ideas, instruments, and methods and promoted a culture of inquiry. Several interventions that were implemented have contributed successfully to increased program retention, like the introduction of a welcome house phase, social network support, and a mother and child program.
{"title":"In Search of Evidence-Based Treatment in TCs for Addictions: 40 Years of Research in TC De Kiem (Belgium)","authors":"W. Vanderplasschen, S. Vandevelde, C. De Ruysscher, Dirk Vandevelde, E. Broekaert","doi":"10.1080/1556035X.2017.1312656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2017.1312656","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite more than 40 years of research, limited evidence is available for the effectiveness of drug-free therapeutic communities (TCs). Worldwide, TCs have attempted succesfully to integrate innovative and evidence-based interventions, while adhering to the “community as method” (De Leon, 2000). This article is a case study of scientific research on practice and innovations in a TC, De Kiem (Belgium), over the past 40 years, illustrating how research and innovative approaches have shaped the TC into its current practice. From the start, scientific research was used to develop and adapt the TC program. International collaboration introduced new ideas, instruments, and methods and promoted a culture of inquiry. Several interventions that were implemented have contributed successfully to increased program retention, like the introduction of a welcome house phase, social network support, and a mother and child program.","PeriodicalId":88011,"journal":{"name":"Journal of groups in addiction & recovery","volume":"12 1","pages":"177 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1556035X.2017.1312656","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45995540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2017.1307154
I. Goethals, W. Vanderplasschen, S. Vandevelde, J. Lammertyn, Dafna Etzion, E. Broekaert
ABSTRACT The objective of the current study is to investigate the association between time in treatment and participants' perceptions of the treatment process in therapeutic communities (TCs) for addictions. Using a linear mixed effect model, we assessed whether the rate of participant change was related to motivation, cluster B personality traits, and psychological distress. Longitudinal data were gathered among 155 adults in 4 traditional TCs for addictions in Belgium. The results provide evidence that with time in treatment participants develop more profound perceptions regarding the TC concepts and processes of self-change, which denotes the theoretical assumption of identity change and right living in TC treatment.
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Pub Date : 2017-06-23DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2016.1261384
A. Rome, David McCartney, D. Best, R. Rush
ABSTRACT Despite limited evidence base, rehabilitation services are associated with positive outcomes in U.K. research (Best et al., 2010). The authors investigated outcomes associated following a 12-week abstinence-based treatment program. Data were collected from 145 patients using a European Version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI-X) at intake, 6 months, and 1 year after completion. Individuals showed significantly better ASI-X scores after participating in program compared to their scores prior to the intervention. Those who completed the program had significantly better outcomes in medical and psychiatric domains at 12-month follow-up than those who dropped out before completion. Attending this abstinence-based program was associated with positive changes to physical health and social wellbeing, which were sustained 12 months after completion.
尽管证据基础有限，但在英国的研究中，康复服务与积极结果相关(Best et al.， 2010)。作者调查了为期12周的戒断治疗方案的相关结果。使用欧洲版本的成瘾严重程度指数(ASI-X)从145名患者中收集数据，这些患者在摄入、6个月和完成后1年。与干预前的得分相比，参与项目后的个体表现出明显更好的ASI-X得分。在12个月的随访中，那些完成该项目的人在医学和精神病学领域的结果明显好于那些在完成前辍学的人。参加这个以禁欲为基础的项目与身体健康和社会福利的积极变化有关，这些变化在完成后持续了12个月。
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Pub Date : 2017-01-02DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2016.1272071
D. Best, C. Andersson, J. Irving, M. Edwards
ABSTRACT Although there has been debate about the meaning of recovery, there has been little discussion about how people characterize their own recovery experience, in particular whether people describe themselves as recovered (as with a therapeutic community [TC] philosophy) or as in recovery (typically those engaged in 12-step). The article assesses differences in wellbeing as a function of recovery self-ascriptions, based on the UK Life in Recovery survey. Those who described themselves as recovered or ex-addicts reported better psychological health and lower identification with addicts and recovery and showed stronger recovery functioning. There are clearly multiple pathways to recovery, and philosophy may impact on both trajectory of recovery and the social identity mechanisms underpinning change.
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