Quality measurers of therapeutic communities for substance dependence: an international collaborative study survey in Latin America

• Main Authors: Carlos Gómez-Restrepo (Author), Patricia Maldonado (Author), Nelcy Rodríguez (Author), Rafael Ruiz-Gaviria (Author), Miguel Ángel Escalante (Author), Raúl Ángel Gómez (Author), Marcelo Ribeiro de Araujo (Author), Ana Carolina Schmidt de Oliveira (Author), Joel Salvador Chávez Rivera (Author), Jorge Alberto Godínez García (Author), Marina Piazza Ferrand (Author), Dora Blitchtein-Winicki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Latin America, substance related disorders are highly prevalent and one of the treatment strategies is the Therapeutic Communities (TCs), however, in Latin America there is scarce data about this treatment strategies, their quality, drop-out rates and patient satisfaction. Met...