title: The management of a sexually charged clinical problem: social structural and psychoanalytic functionalist approaches in a therapeutic community.
abstract: An event in a therapeutic community is examined from the perspectives of the structuralism of Durkheim and the functionalism of psychoanalysis. Although these two approaches might appear theoretically contradictory, analysis of the evidence shows them to be clinically complementary. The role of social structure in therapeutic communities requires deliberate conceptualization if such communities are to be demonstrably therapeutic.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011572:Psychoanalysis; D012380:Role; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012931:Social Environment; D012961:Sociology; D013808:Therapeutic Community