Democratic therapeutic communities (TCs) are long-term group programs that address
severely ingrained clinical populations. These psychodynamically informed social …

Background: Therapeutic communities (TCs) are becoming increasingly widespread as a
form of treatment for entrenched mental health problems, particularly addictions and …

Mental health policies on resettlement of the long-stay residents of psychiatric hospitals are
presenting both the clients and staff of such hospitals with major transitions. In this article, we …

In order to understand mechanisms of change, patients' experiences are an invaluable
source of information. Psychotherapy with young adults confronts therapists with specific …

“The topic of organizational dysfunction is a highly relevant one for mental health facilities,
since such dysfunction can severely impede their efforts to deliver high-quality mental health …

When, in 1974, the psychoanalytically orientated department for adults was created at the St
Joseph's University Centre in Kortenberg, Belgium, it was not designed with notions like …

Democratic therapeutic communities have been set up all over the world, but until now there
has not been a manual that sets out the underlying theories, and describes successful …

Given the complexity of analytic therapies and individual change, it seems desirable to
introduce more objective and quantitative measures into the clinical situation in assessment …

Individuals find and relive their histories of object relations in new social settings. Any social
group, in turn, enlists individuals into roles that serve the purposes of others in the group …

THE THERAPEUTIC community approach to the treatment of mental illness is grounded on
a social context theory ofbehaviour (Jones, 1953; Stanton & Schwartz, 1954; Rapoport …