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CRD Report 17 -- Therapeutic Community Effectiveness: A Systematic International Review of Therapeutic Community Treatment for People with Personality Disorders and Mentally Disordered Offenders: Executive Summary

Findings from a literature review regarding therapeutic communities in psychiatric and other settings for people with personality disorder are reported. This summary discusses: the structure of the review; therapeutic communities; and six recommendations concerning further research. The authors "conclude that therapeutic communities have not produced the amount or quality of research literature that we might have expected, given the length of time they have been in existence, and the quality of staff we know exists and has existed in therapeutic communities" (p. 3) Accession Number: 018894

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