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29, 3, autumn 2008



Editorial

Green Care: A Natural Resource for Therapeutic Communities? - Joe Sempik - p. 221

Papers
Seeking Nature: A Contemporary Therapeutic Environment - Ambra Pedretti Burls - p. 228
Care Farming in the UK: Contexts, Benefits and Links with Therapeutic Communities - Rachel Hine, Jo Peacock and Jules Pretty - p. 245
Lothlorien Community: A Holistic Approach to Recovery from Mental Health Problems - Brendan Hickey - p. 261
Group Gardening in Mental Outpatient Care - Erja Rappe, Taina Koivunen and Elli Korpela - p. 273
Companion Animals and Offender Rehabilitation – Experiences from a Prison Therapeutic Community in Scotland - Elizabeth Ormerod - p. 285
Behavioural Effects of Goats on Disabled Persons - Silke Scholl, Gerlinde Grall, Verena Petzl, Marlene Röthler, Leopold Slotta-Bachmayr and Kurt Kotrschal - p. 297
Green Care Farms, A Safe Community Between Illness or Addiction and the Wider Society - Marjolein Elings and Jan Hassink - p. 310
Theoretical Framework for Animal-Assisted Interventions – Implications for Practice - Bente Berget and Bjarne Olai Braastad - p. 323

Epilogue
Growing Together - Rex Haigh - p. 338


29, 2, summer 2008



Papers
Mini Therapeutic Communities – A New Development in the United Kingdom - Steve Pearce and Rex Haigh - p. 111
Maintaining Hope While Under Threat - David Walker - p. 125
The Price of Permanency: Cost-benefit Analysis of a Psychosocial Intervention for Children and Families - Barry Jones - p. 142
Therapeutic Community Principles and Inpatient Care in the Greek Army Psychiatric Service - Dimitrios Moschonas and Theoni-Fani Triantafillou - p. 160
The Development of a Fantasy Modification Programme for a Prison-Based Therapeutic Community - Geraldine Akerman - p.180
Personal Reflection, First Years in the Daytop Therapeutic Communities, Germany : Personal Point of View on the Development of a Concept-Based TC for Substance Abusers in Germany - Martin Däumling - p. 189

Open Letter
When the Political is Personal: A Complaint Called Henderson - Martin Weegmann p. 193

Obituary
Richard Wilfred Crocket: A Professional Biography - David W Millard - p. 197


29, 1, spring 2008



Editorial
The Search for Evidence- Rowdy Yates, Eric Broekaert and Barbara Rawlings - p. 3

EFTC Papers
The Drug-Free Therapeutic Community: Findings and Reflections in an Evidence-Based Era - Mieke Autrique, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Eric Broekaert and Bernard Sabbe - p. 5
The Development of a Quality Improvement Network for Addiction Therapeutic Communities - Sarah Paget, Paul Goodman and Natalie Wood - p. 16
Treatment Programme Changes for Residents with Long-Standing Learning Difficulties - Liana Gerber Bologa, Detlev Bähr and Gustavo Torres Díaz-Guerra - p. 25
Integration of Family Treatment into the Mikkeli Community - Kaarina Peltonen - p. 40
Different Strokes for Different Folks: Results of a Small Study Comparing Characteristics of a Therapeutic Community Population with a Community Drug Project Population - Rowdy Yates - p.44
Follow-up Evaluation of Tehran Therapeutic Community - Mohammad Reza Abdollahnejad - p. 57

TCA Papers
Integrating Vocational Services within Therapeutic Community Treatment - Sushma Taylor - p. 76
Family-Centered Therapeutic Community Treatment: The SHIELDS for Families’ Exodus Program - Kathryn Icenhower - p. 83
Stay’n Out – The Evolution of a Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Over 30 Years - Seep Varma and Ron Williams - p. 89
Samaritan Village Veterans Programs: Chemical Dependence Treatment for Veterans in a Therapeutic Community - Carol Davidson - p. 96


28, 1, spring 2007



Editorial
Editorial - Rowdy Yates, Eric Broekaert, and Stijn Vandevelde - p. 3

Personal Reflections
Pioneering in the first drug-free therapeutic community in The Netherlands - Martien Kooyman - p. 5
The early history of the Ley Community – Personal accounts - Peter Agulnik and Stephen Wilson - p. 11
A TC on the border of two cultures - Georges van der Straten- p. 17
The development of drug abuse and addiction services in Israel - Eitan Sela - p. 24

TCA Papers
Transatlantic dialectics: A study on similarities and dissimilarities in approaches to substance abuse problems in the United States and Europe - Eric Broekaert, Kathy Colpaert, Veerle Soyez, Wouter Vanderplasschen and Stijn Vandevelde - p. 33
Women in residential drug-free treatment: How to use a bottom-up strategy and a prediction of completion instrument to prevent early dropout - Mads Uffe Pedersen - p. 45
Seeking desistance in the community: Drug users’ experience of the criminal justice system - Gillian Squirrell - p. 59
Dealing with multiple and frequent service utilisation in substance abuse treatment: Experiences with coordination of care in residential substance abuse agencies in the region of Ghent, Belgium - Wouter Vanderplasschen, Bert Mostien, Alphonse Franssen, Kurt Lievens, Jessica De Maeyer and Eric Broekaert - p. 74

Research Papers
Application of cognitive-behavioural therapy in a therapeutic community for drug-dependent individuals - Peter Vassilev and Teodora Groshkova - p. 90
Ten years of the therapeutic community, Casa Oberta (Open House) - Bartomeu Català - p. 98


27, 1, spring 2006



Editorials
Brief Encounters: The Development of European Drug Free Therapeutic Communities and the Origins of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities - Rowdy Yates, Eric Broekaert, Barbara Rawlings and George De Leon - p. 5
The Blankenberge Papers: Writings From the Edge - Rowdy Yates, Eric Broekaert, Barbara Rawlings and George De Leon - p. 87

EFTC Papers
Some Reflections of a Decade of Experience/s in British and American Concept House Therapeutic Communities 1967-1977 - David Warren-Holland - p. 13
Therapeutic Communities for Addicts in the Czech Republic: Roots, Recent Development and Current Profiles - Kamil Kalina- p. 31
Social Networks of Therapeutic Communities - Veerle Soyez, Eric Broekaert and Yves Rosseel - p. 45
Therapeutic Community meets Empowerment Evaluation – Combining Treatment and Internal Evaluation in a Therapeutic Community - Yrmy Ikonen - p. 69

Blankenberge Papers
Managing the Transition from Treatment in a Therapeutic Community to Successful Integration Back into Society - Karen Diver and Neil Dickson - p. 95
The Therapeutic Village of Care: An Alaska Native Alcohol Treatment Model - Valerie Naquin, Jodi Trojan, Gloria O'Neil and Spero M Manson - p. 107
Women in European Therapeutic Communities: Conclusions of the BIOMED Project - Joke De Wilde and Karin Trulsson - p. 125
Music Therapy in Teheran Therapeutic Community - Mohammad Reza Abdollahnejad - p. 151