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HOUSE OF THOUGHT THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY - EVALUATION

NCJ Number
41174
Author(s)
H NUGENT
Date Published
1977
Length
21 pages
Annotation
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM IN STATE FARM, VA., IN REACHING ITS GOALS.
Abstract
THE EVALUATION WAS UNDERTAKEN IN FEB. 1977, AS PART OF A GRANT COSTING $66,666 TO DISCOVER WHAT APPLICATION DRUG THERAPY CAN HAVE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHARACTER DISORDERS. UNDER MOST OF THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, THERE WERE FOUND A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS. ONE OF THESE CONCERNED FOLLOW-UP ON PAROLEES. OVERALL, HOWEVER, MOST AREAS WERE EVALUATED AS ABOVE AVERAGE WITH NO MAJOR INADEQUACIES.... BDS