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Assessing mental health therapeutic communities functioning
Anna Maria ParrocoVincenzo Giuseppe GenovaLaura MancusoFrancesca Giannonesubject
Service EvaluationEfficacyBeta Regression ModelSettore M-PSI/07 - Psicologia DinamicaSettore SECS-S/05 - Statistica SocialeTherapeutic Communitiedescription
Empirical and clinical evidence shows that therapeutic communities produce changes in people’s mental health and well-being. Treatment in communities has effects on improving interpersonal relationships, acceptance among members, ability to recognize other people’s feelings, symptomatology, life satisfaction and self-esteem. This paper aims to investigate which factors can explain the treatment effectiveness, measured by an index which incorporates the point of view of the communities staff members, by means of a beta regression model with random intercept. The results show the influence of some organizational dimension as well as staff roles, providing a meaningful insights into the functioning of mental therapeutic communities with implications of particular interest to the mental health sector stakeholders.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-01 |