AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aims are:

- to provide students with a general understanding about the the Therapeutic Communities history in Italy
- to provide students with the rating capacity the concrete cases 
- to provide students with the ability to integrate the information learned

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

- Know the history of the Therapeutic Communities in Italy
- Recognize the characteristics of the Therapeutic Communities
- Apply what has been understood
- Critically evaluate concrete cases that will be proposed
- Integrate the information learned
- Classify and analyze through a dynamic reporting model (Redancia System)

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Therapetic Communities in Italy:

• The way of thinking about psychoanalysis in the context of the Therapeutic Community
• History of thinking
• Choice of operators
• Organizational models
• Specific functions
• Redancia System
• Experiences and stories
• Specialization
• Chronicity
• Therapies
• The Entertainment
• Places
• Mental health policies and networking
• The risk of neoistitucionalization
• Volunteering

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Comunità Terapeutiche, storie di lavoro quotidiano – a cura di Giovanni Giusto, Carmelo Conforto, Roberta Antonello – casa editrice Pearson Italia