Maturation of the therapeutic community

"Maxwell Jones, a psychiatrist well known for his concept of "the therapeutic community," which he and colleagues established for character-disordered patients nearly thirty years ago, has now taken this concept further in light of current systems theory as it is being applied to social organizations. The author cogently argues that psychiatric hospitals have traditionally operated as essentially closed hierarchal systems and that the time has come for change and re-evaluation of the entire medical social system" -- Back cover.