Therapeutic communities
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An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities
David Kennard
This comprehensive introduction to the nature and work of therapeutic communities sets them within their historical and social context, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. The author examines communities specifically aimed at certain sectors of society, and describes the day-to-day running of a therapeutic community. Learn More1998, 192pp -
Therapeutic Communities
Past, Present and Future
Edited by Penelope Campling and Rex Haigh
Examining the tradition of therapeutic communities, Therapeutic Communities: Past, Present and Future is a wide-ranging introduction to both theory and practice. The book explores the creative and original approaches of such communities to psychiatric care, and is a stimulating challenge to all those working in the mental health field. Learn More1999, 272pp -
Therapeutic Communities for the Treatment of Drug Users
Edited by Barbara Rawlings and Rowdy Yates
Written by academics and practitioners from around the world, this is a comprehensive overview of the development of therapeutic communities and their benefits for treating drug users. Contributors describe how the model operates in the community, and how it has been modified to fit different settings, types of client and referral requirements. Learn More2001, 272pp -
Beyond Madness
Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis
Edited by Joseph H. Berke, Margaret Fagan, George Mak-Pearce and Stella Pierides-Müller
A major question facing therapists today is how to treat psychosis effectively while maintaining patients' dignity, self-respect and their psychological and social functioning. This book provides important and engaging accounts of the special personal and interpersonal care offered by the Arbours Crisis Centre and kindred facilities. Learn More2001, 288pp -
A Life Well Lived
Maxwell Jones - A Memoir
Dennie Briggs
A Life Well Lived follows a friendship between two key figures in social psychiatry and the evolution of therapeutic communities. A close friend collaborator of Maxwell Jones, Dennie Briggs recounts the latter's revolutionary work in mental hospitals, prisons and schools, offering a rare insight into the mind of a pioneer in the therapeutic field. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 5.98in / 229mm x 152mm, 208pp, $37.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-740-82002, Ebook, PDF, 208pp, $37.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-376-5 -
Quality of Life and Disability
An Approach for Community Practitioners
Ivan Brown and Roy I. Brown
The authors apply ideas about quality of life to the field of disability to assist front-line professionals, managers and policy-makers in effective service provision. They examine the historical context of the concept of quality of life and discuss the application of quality of life in the daily lives of people who have disabilities. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.22in / 232mm x 158mm, 272pp, $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-005-82003, Ebook, ePUB, 272pp, $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-404-5 -
Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People
Edited by Adrian Ward, Kajetan Kasinski, Jane Pooley and Alan Worthington
This collection of papers written by respected experts with extensive experience builds a powerful picture of the theory and practice of therapeutic community work with young people. A wide variety of therapeutic community approaches is considered alongside an analysis of the implications of this model for mainstream residential practice. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.10in / 233mm x 155mm, 336pp, $44.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-096-62003, Ebook, ePUB, 336pp, $44.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-411-3 -
The Time of the Therapeutic Communities
People, Places and Events
Liam Clarke
From the 1950s onwards different movements have contributed to Therapeutic Communities (TCs). This book follows these post-war changes to the present day and discusses the influence they had on the practice of psychiatry. Providing a thorough analysis of the emergence and progression of TCs, this book is essential reading for anyone in the field. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 0.04in x 0.04in / 1mm x 1mm, 176pp, $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-128-42003, Ebook, PDF, 176pp, $42.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-641-4 -
A Culture of Enquiry
Research Evidence and the Therapeutic Community
Edited by Jan Lees, Nick Manning, Diana Menzies and Nicola Morant
This volume collects a wide range of papers discussing all aspects of Therapeutic Community (TC) research. An invaluable resource for anyone involved in the field, it considers questions of which methods are most appropriate in the TC environment, how research studies affect this, as well as practical and ethical questions. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.06in x 6.10in / 230mm x 155mm, 336pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-857-12003, Ebook, PDF, 336pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-424-3 -
Asylum to Action
Paddington Day Hospital, Therapeutic Communities and Beyond
Helen Spandler
Asylum to Action offers an alternative history of a libertarian therapeutic community at Paddington Day Hospital in West London in the 1970s. Helen Spandler recaptures the radical aspirations, as well as the conflicts, of the early therapeutic community movement, radical psychiatry and the patients' movement. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.26in / 232mm x 159mm, 176pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-348-62006, Ebook, PDF, 176pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-487-8
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