Research Reports: Therapeutic Community
- From the Director
- What is a therapeutic community?
- How beneficial are therapeutic communities in treating drug addiction?
- Who receives treatment in a therapeutic community?
- What is the typical length of treatment in a therapeutic community?
- What are the fundamental components of therapeutic communities?
- How are therapeutic communities structured?
- How is treatment provided in a therapeutic community?
- What is daily life like in a therapeutic community?
- Can therapeutic communities treat populations with special needs?
- How else can therapeutic communities be modified?
- Resources
- References

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
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Table of Contents
- From the Director
- What is a therapeutic community?
- How beneficial are therapeutic communities in treating drug addiction?
- Who receives treatment in a therapeutic community?
- What is the typical length of treatment in a therapeutic community?
- What are the fundamental components of therapeutic communities?
- How are therapeutic communities structured?
- How is treatment provided in a therapeutic community?
- What is daily life like in a therapeutic community?
- Can therapeutic communities treat populations with special needs?
- How else can therapeutic communities be modified?
- Resources
- References
This page was last updated August 2002.
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