Circumstances, motivation, readiness, and suitability (the CMRS scales): Predicting retention in therapeutic community treatment

GD Leon, G Melnick, D Kressel… - The American journal of …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
… and De Leon, G., Fixed and dynamic predictors of client retention in therapeutic communities…
De Leon. G., What psychologists can learn from addiction treatment research, in Special …

Therapeutic communities for addictions: A theoretical framework

GD Leon - International journal of the addictions, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
… community as method assumes that individual receptivity and willingness to learn and change
is fostered by their affiliation with others engaged in a similar struggle to change (De Leon

Motivation and readiness for therapeutic community treatment among cocaine and other drug abusers

GD Leon, G Melnick, D Kressel - The American journal of drug and …, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
… A more extensive review of legal pressure factors in TCs is contained in De Leon, 1988a [22].
Length of use has also been found to predict treatment seeking [27] and retention [28] …

The therapeutic community: Status and evolution

GD Leon - International Journal of the Addictions, 1985 - Taylor & Francis
This paper depicts the current status of the North American TC drawn from research and
practical experience. The history, model, and perspective of the TC are briefly outlined and key …

Modified therapeutic community for homeless mentally iII chemical abusers: treatment outcomes

GD Leon, S Sacks, G Staines… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
This study compared homeless mentally ill chemical abuser (MICA) clients (n = 342), male
and female, sequentially assigned to either of two modified therapeutic community programs (…

Therapeutic communities: What are the retention rates?

GD Leon, S Schwartz - The American journal of drug and alcohol …, 1984 - Taylor & Francis
The present research is the first in a systematic investigation of retention in therapeutic
communities (TCs). Findings are reported from an interrelated set of analyses clarifying retention …

College Readiness.

M Chapa, GD Leon, J Solis, MA Mundy - Research in Higher Education …, 2014 - ERIC
During the 79th Texas Legislature, the bill "Advancement of College Readiness in Curriculum"
was passed (THECB). As a response to this, high schools and colleges have combined …

Essential elements of treatment: a comparative study between European and American therapeutic communities for addiction

I Goethals, V Soyez, G Melnick, GD Leon… - Substance Use & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether European and American therapeutic
communities (TCs) for addiction, both traditional and modified, share a common perspective …

The prevalence of sexual abuse and its impact on the onset of drug use among adolescents in therapeutic community drug treatment

JM Hawke, N Jainchill, GD Leon - Journal of Child & Adolescent …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
… of the treatment model as described in the literature (De Leon 1995, 1997). Although the
programs varied in size, … For a full description of the TC perspective see De Leon (1997). …

Performance of standardized relative CBV for quantifying regional histologic tumor burden in recurrent high-grade glioma: comparison against normalized relative …

…, KW Singleton, GD Leon… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Perfusion MR imaging measures of relative CBV can
distinguish recurrent tumor from posttreatment radiation effects in high-grade gliomas. Currently, …