The acute administration ward as a therapeutic community.
The authors evaluated six acute short-stay admission wards in a community mental health center using the sociometric Ward Atmosphere Scale. There was an attempt to run three of the six wards as therapeutic communities. No differences were found on Ward Atmosphere Scale dimensions between the therapeutic communities and other types of programs, nor did the therapeutic communities conform to an empirically derived therapeutic community program dimension profile. Possible reasons for this failure and its implications for community mental health centers are discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000628:therapy; D007902:Length of Stay; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D010343:Patient Admission; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D012931:Social Environment; D013808:Therapeutic Community