Therapeutic communities and the local community: Isolation or integration?

Therapeutic Communities

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 150-158

  Best, David William ^a,b   Byrne, Gerard ^c   Pullen, David ^d   Kelly, Jacqui ^c   Elliot, Karen ^d   Savic, Michael ^a  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Salvation Army   (Australia)

^d The Salvation Army Suicide Bereavement and Support Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaving care; Qualitative research; Re entry; Residential; TC practice; Therapeutic communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913606090     PISSN: 09641866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TC-07-2014-0024     Document Type: Article

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