Las comunidades terapéuticas como tratamiento para las drogodependencias: una revisión sistemática del seguimiento a corto plazo

Objetive

The therapeutic communities (TC) constitute one of the most extensive treatments for the drug dependencies; however, its investigation is scarce. The aim to do a systematic review to know the methodological elements of the short term follow-up studies and, at the same time, describe the consequences of the TC.

Material and method

It was applied the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and meta-Analyses” (PRISMA) for the search in Medline, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES and PsycCRITIQUES, in order to locate short-term follow-up studies of TC between 1980 and 2010.

Results

The follow-up consists in an initial register and, at least, another to half year of treatment; the minimum sample contains 60 users with a greater prevalence of single men; 50% continues in follow-up and/or reaches the abstinence.

Conclusion

The TC seem to be beneficial for the adjustment of the consumption and other psychosocial aspects, although lacking information difficult the comparability of these findings.