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Drug addiction: Therapeutic communities breaking the cycle of addicted mothers
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J-F, Drug addiction: Therapeutic communities breaking the cycle of addicted mothers, International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2, (1) pp. 164-174. ISSN 2324-8041 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.11114/ijsss.v2il.251
Abstract
Fresh Hope (FH) is an in-house residential therapeutic drug-rehabilitation facility assisting mothers with children
to break the cycle of addiction. FH uses 'community' as democratic method to address: drug addiction,
anti-social behaviors, re-establish positive relationships with children and to live drug free. Residents take part in
a 4 stage 18 months Community Drug Rehabilitative Treatment Experience/Program and a semi-structured
Personal/Community Engagement Experience/Program. An archival study design was used to measure the
efficacy of program against two measures: completion of stages and whether residents were living drug-free after
successfully graduating from the program. Since 2000 to 2011 around 144 participants entered the program.
Over 49% successfully completed Stage 1 (Detoxification Phase); with 25% completing Stage 2, and 15% (n=
21) graduating from the full program (Stage 3 and 4). A post-release follow up of graduates (n=21) after 11 years
found that 90% are living drug-free (ranging from 1 to 12 years) and are productive members in the community.
The value in this finding is that therapeutic communities operating under the premise of a democratic method of
treatment provide a useful non-instructive alternative to clinical treatments.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Drug Addiction |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
Research Field: | Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Rehabilitation and correctional services |
UTAS Author: | J-F (Dr J F) |
ID Code: | 89649 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2014-03-11 |
Last Modified: | 2015-05-27 |
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