Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities: Volume 42 Issue 1

Editorial

Gary Winship

Correlates of motivation for treatment among alcohol service users in Uganda

David Kalema, Lore Van Damme, Sofie Vindevogel, Ilse Derluyn, Peter Baguma, Wouter Vanderplasschen

Given the scarce literature on alcohol use disorders (AUD) and their treatment in developing countries, this paper aims to explore motivation levels and their correlates among…

Attachment style and clinical outcome within a DBT-informed Therapeutic Community

Brendan James Dunlop, Mark Andrew McFetridge

There is evidence that attachment style and clinical outcomes are related within Therapeutic Communities (TCs). This paper aims to examine any possible relationships between…

Transcultural transferability of transient therapeutic communities: the living-learning experience workshops

Jan Lees, Rex Haigh, Simone Bruschetta, Anando Chatterji, Veronica Dominguez-Bailey, Sandra Kelly, Aldo Lombardo, Shama Parkhe, Joāo G. Pereira, Yousuf Rahimi, Barbara Rawlings

This paper aims to describe a method of training for practitioners in democratic Therapeutic Communities (TCs) which has been used in several settings across the world over the…

Effective factors of addiction treatment communities in Peru, Nicaragua and Czechia

Miroslav Horák, Kristina Somerlikova, Rita Kocarova, Nahanga Verter, Hector Santiago Aldama Gonzalez, Mariah Cruz de Souza Tronco

This paper aims to explore the effective factors that influence the treatment of drug addiction in therapeutic communities (TCs) and to determine its essential elements in the…

How Brazilian therapeutic communities are facing COVID-19?

Pablo Kurlander, Antony Tomaz Diniz, Guilherme Godoy, Katia Isicawa de Sousa Barreto, Lewis MacDonald-Winship

This paper aims to reflect upon the findings of a fast-track study carried out in April 2020, by the Brazilian Federation of Therapeutic Communities, focused on the impact of the…

The therapist, the group and I: how therapeutic alliance moderates the effect of group cohesion on outcomes

Sofia Vicente, Laura Inês Ferreira, Antonia María Jiménez-Ros, Cláudia Carmo, Luís Janeiro

This study aims to investigate whether the influence of group cohesion on the outcomes depended on the levels of the therapeutic alliance.