Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Treatment in Prison-Based Therapeutic Communities

The article focuses on the value of integration of both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and therapeutic community (TC) for substance abuse prison-based CBT. It says that an integrated TC/CBT model for substance abuse offender treatment has been used in the field for more than 20 years. It mentions that the Correctional Recovery Academyâ„¢ mixes the best quality elements of social learning approach of TC with advanced CBT curriculum.