Introduction
Part One: Theory and models of the therapeutic community
Editor’s Discussion
1. Some basic concepts in therapeutic community work
Tom Main
2. Therapeutic communities: the ideal, the real and the possible
Elisabeth Shoenberg
3. The halfway house as a therapeutic community: a useful model or a burdensome myth?
Howard A. Hoffman
4. Therapeutic community models: I Spring Lake Ranch
Michael Wells
5. Therapeutic community models: II Kingsley Hall
Joseph H. Berke
6. Therapeutic community models: III Phoenix House
Mitchell Rosenthal
7. Therapeutic community models: IV The Richmond Fellowship
Elly Jansen
8. A theoretical approach to the halfway house
Sue Harris
9. Limit-setting for late adolescents in an adult psychiatric halfway house
Thomas F. Barton
10. Psycho-education as a Re-education model: theoretical foundations and practical implications
Pierre Gauthier
11. Aspects of working with families in a Richmond Fellowship Hostel
Michael Kelly
Part Two: The Staffing Question
Editor’s Discussion
12. The consumer’s perspective
13. Between Scylla and Charybdis: staff training in therapeutic communities
Peter Hawkins
14. Selection, training and supervision of mental health halfway house staff
Thomas F. Barton
15. The hostel as a therapeutic community and the implications for training
Elly Jansen
16. The training of halfway house staff
Maryann C. Philips
17. A spiritual perspective
Anthony Bloom
Part Three: Politics and Planning
Editor’s discussion
18. The politics of therapeutic communities
Theodore Cooper
19. government policies and programmes for therapeutic communities in America: undying dreams and grim realities
Frank M. Ochberg
20. The role of government: a political perspective
Normal Fowler
21. The local authority’s perspective
David F. Crompton
22. Working with governments on the provision of therapeutic communities: a Dutch perspective
M.A.J. Romme
23. Community psychiatry in the metropolis: nothing for everyone
Harley Shands
24. Caring, the stepchild of our medical care system
Hans R. Huessy
25. The role of the halfway house in community mental health programme in the United Kingdom and America
Elly Jansen
Biography
Elly Jansen
Review of the first publication:
‘…it serves as an excellent survey of some of the problems facing workers and clients alike in the various communities described. The book includes some excellent papers.’
— The British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 138, Issue 3
