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- Title
Patient Retention in Therapeutic Communities for Substance Abuse Treatment: An Organizational-Environmental-Professional Perspective.
- Authors
Levin, Lia; Teichman, Meir
- Abstract
This study examined various organizational, environmental, and professional components of therapeutic communities in Israel and their relationship with patient retention rates. Key elements included the juxtaposition between objective and subjective components of social environments, as reflected in the perceptions of staff (mostly social workers) and patients. The current study's findings suggest that retention rates are predicted to be higher when staff receive more hours of supervision and identify less with their peers, and when their assessments of the organizational climate within facilities is closer to their patients' assessments of this aspect of organizational milieu. These findings are discussed using various organizational and professional perspectives, guided by a field theory framework.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment facilities; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment; INSTITUTIONAL environment; SOCIAL worker attitudes; SERVICES for patients; DRUG abusers; PATIENTS; ANALYSIS of variance; ARABS; CHI-squared test; COMMITMENT (Psychology); CORPORATE culture; STATISTICAL correlation; DECISION making; EMPLOYMENT; TEST validity; HEALTH facilities; INTERPERSONAL relations; JEWS; LIFE skills; MANAGEMENT; MARITAL status; PATH analysis (Statistics); PSYCHIATRIC social work; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION centers; RESEARCH evaluation; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-evaluation; SOCIAL work research; SOCIAL workers; T-test (Statistics); AFFINITY groups; ACTIVITIES of daily living; TREATMENT programs; BEHAVIOR disorders; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; PATIENT dropouts; DISEASE duration; CLINICAL supervision in mental health; WORK experience (Employment)
- Publication
Social Work, 2017, Vol 62, Issue 2, p165
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/sw/swx009