The Therapeutic Community for the Adolescent Substance Abuser

2012 ◽  
pp. 390-404
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Bunt ◽  
Virginia A. Stanick
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Substance Abuser ◽  
Adolescent Substance

The Therapeutic Community for the Adolescent Substance Abuser

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-130
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Bunt ◽  
Britta Muehlbach
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Substance Abuser ◽  
Adolescent Substance

Adolescent therapeutic community treatment – an Australian perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-212
Author(s):  
Jaimie Chloe Northam ◽  
Lynne Elizabeth Magor-Blatch
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Model ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Efficacy Research ◽  
Treatment Context ◽  
Therapeutic Community Treatment

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the adolescent therapeutic community (ATC) literature – drawing on studies primarily from the USA with consideration made to the Australian context. Design/methodology/approach A review of the efficacy research for ATCs is considered, and the characteristics of Australians accessing ATC treatment are discussed in the context of developmental needs. Findings Similarities are found in what precipitates and perpetuates adolescent substance use in the USA and Australia, and therefore, what appears to facilitate effective treatment utilising the therapeutic community model. Originality/value The paper provides a valuable perspective for Australian services, and explores the application of the ATC model within the Australian treatment context.

scholarly journals Substance Abuser Impulsivity Decreases with a Nine-Month Stay in a Therapeutic Community

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 417-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Bankston ◽  
Deidra D. Carroll ◽  
Stanley G. Cron ◽  
L. Kian Granmayeh ◽  
Marianne T. Marcus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Substance Abuser

The Compulsive Adolescent Substance Abuser: Psychological Differentiation and Family Process

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Weidman
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Substance Abusers ◽  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Psychological Differentiation ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
The Relationship

This study sought to explore the relationship between psychological differentiation and locus of control among compulsive adolescent substance abusers who are residents of a therapeutic community and their parents. The findings support the conclusion that compulsive adolescent substance abusers are psychologically undifferentiated. These youths are involved in a pseudo-individuated relationship with their mothers who are psychologically and emotionally unavailable while their fathers are peripheral. The findings that these youths become more undifferentiated and hold more internal locus of control beliefs with increasing time in the program are viewed as the effects of residence in a therapeutic community. The residents internalize the therapeutic community belief system of personal responsibility while substituting their dependence on their mothers and drugs for dependence on the therapeutic community. Implications for treatment and further research are also discussed.

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