title: A culture of enquiry: research evidence and the therapeutic community.
abstract: This paper presents data from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 published studies of therapeutic community effectiveness using controls, including 8 randomised control trials. Meta-regressions suggest that the two types of therapeutic community, democratic and concept-based, and the age of the study, are the key sources of heterogeneity in the collection of studies analysed. Otherwise, heterogeneity is low and the meta-analysis confirms the effectiveness of therapeutic community treatment with overall summary log odds ratio for the 29 studies of 0.512 (95% ci -0.598 to -0.426).
authors.affiliation: Francis Dixon Lodge, Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rawlings
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D013997:Time Factors