title: Essential elements of treatment: a comparative study between European and American therapeutic communities for addiction.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether European and American therapeutic communities (TCs) for addiction, both traditional and modified, share a common perspective on what is essential in treatment using the Survey of Essential Elements Questionnaire (SEEQ). The European sample (N = 19) was gathered in 2009. For the American sample (N = 19), we used previously published research data. Despite comparable perspectives, European traditional TCs (N = 11) scored significantly higher than their American predecessors (N = 11) on four SEEQ domains. Cluster differences were more pronounced in Europe than in America.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education, Ghent University, Belgium. ilse.goethals@ugent.be
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goethals
authors.forename: Veerle
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soyez
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melnick
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Leon
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Broekaert
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D014481:United States