PAR village for chemically dependent women philosophy and program elements

• Published in: Journal of substance abuse treatment Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 289 - 296
• Main Authors: Coletti, Shirley D., Schinka, John A., Hughes, Patrick H., Hamilton, Nancy L., Renard, Carol G., Sicilian, Donna M., Urmann, Catherine F., Neri, Robert L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-07-1995; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Care; Child, Preschool; Cocaine; Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal; drug treatment; Female; female-sensitive drug treatment; Females; Florida; Gender Identity; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Medical sciences; Mother-Child Relations; Patient Admission; Philosophy; Pregnancy; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Substance Abuse; Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation; Therapeutic Community; Treatment Outcome; Treatment Programs; Treatments; women and drugs; Womens Health Care; Florida; women and drugs; substance abuse; female-sensitive drug treatment; therapeutic community; drug treatment; Human; Drug addiction; Poison withdrawal; Treatment; Therapeutic schedule; Mother child relation; Therapeutic community; Woman
• ISSN: 0740-5472; 1873-6483
• DOI: 10.1016/0740-5472(95)00011-S

The authors present a description of PAR Village, a demonstration project designed to examine the question of whether mothers in residential treatment accompanied by their children have better outcomes than those who enter treatment without their children. Issues related to the treatment of women in substance abuse programs are discussed as an introduction to the structure and purposes of the program. Details of the setting, client selection process, and program philosophy are provided. The workings of program services and treatment elements are described and illustrated by a case example.