Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to G De Leon.
This paper depicts the current status of the North American TC drawn from research and practical experience. The history, model, and perspective of the TC are briefly outlined and key research findings reviewed. Implications for further research and clinical issues are discussed, as are broader considerations concerning the future of TCs.
The therapeutic community (TC) has proven to be a powerful approach to rehabilitation of substance abusers. A self-help phenomenon whose evolution has proceeded primarily outside of mainstream psychiatry, psychology, and medicine, the TC represents a unique demonstration of the application of behavioral science principles in a human service setting. The purpose of this paper is to narrow the gap between social psychological and self-help concepts through exposition of the TC as a unique behavioral science model.
Relapse is the rule across all treatment approaches. However, evidence shows that treatment gains can be maintained and the recovery process sustained with continued aftercare programming beyond that of primary treatment. This paper discusses aftercare in the context of therapeutic community (TC) treatment. The initial section briefly reviews general considerations and distinctions concerning relapse and aftercare; the remainder outlines the TC approach to aftercare.
Therapeutic communities provide a unique model for the needs of chemically dependent mothers who are pregnant or of child bearing age. These programs have been treating female addicts, many of whom reflect the profile and needs of the current generation of addicted mothers in clinical problems, social disadvantages, and poor socialization. Specific issues of their recovery can be most efficiently addressed in a residential community that provides housing and a comprehensive approach including medical, social, psychological care, parental training, and child care. Most evident is that these women need a lifestyle change, an opportunity for maturation. In this regard, the therapeutic community offers the essential element of community as a setting for learning right living.
In this paper, the Authors present epidemiology, ethiopatology, diagnosis and treatments elements of the impacted canines. Furthermore they describe the different surgical techniques needed for the exposure of these teeth.