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Research Reports: Therapeutic Community

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Provides an overview of therapeutic communities, drug-free residential settings that use a hierarchical model with treatment stages to reflect increased levels of personal and social responsibility.

NIH Pub Number: 02-4877
Published: August 2002
Author: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Provides an overview of therapeutic communities, drug-free residential settings that use a hierarchical model with treatment stages to reflect increased levels of personal and social responsibility.

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NIH Pub Number: 
02-4877
Date: 
August 2002
Author: 
National Institute on Drug Abuse

This page was last updated August 2002.

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