Even with insufficient evidence, it is possible to realize that the National Politics on Mental Health clearly proposes overcoming an old asylum design that it was marked for centuries the service to the population. However, ...

BACKGROUND: In Latin America, substance related disorders are highly prevalent and one of the treatment strategies is the Therapeutic Communities (TCs), however, in Latin America there is scarce data about this treatment ...

The objective of this study is to explore the stability of personality dimensions in a selection of psychoactive substance abuse patients during treatment in therapeutic communities. The baseline assessment was conducted ...

Background: This study aimed to explore the association between psychiatric comorbidity and treatment outcomes in therapeutic communities (TCs). Methods: A prospective longitudinal descriptive design was used. A baseline ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the psychopathological profile that may be associated with the retention of patients for 90 days in a therapeutic community. Method: In this study, we used a prospective ...

Currently, therapeutic communities (TCs), play a key role in crack users management and other drugs under the current public policies. Against this background, this research focuses three therapeutic communities of ...

This work seeks to know the process for therapeutic treatment within the entities that provide service to dependent on licit or illicit serra Center in the region, and that played by therapeutic clinics. The work was to ...

Purpose - The use and abuse of alcohol is problematic for a person's social and individual development. Maintenance of abstinence after detoxification programs is difficult for patients who experience a craving, and relapses ...

The aim of this study was to examine the association between baseline executive functioning and outcome measure of treatment in 226 cocaine dependent individuals who initiated treatment in therapeutic communities TCs. The ...