Current Status of the Therapeutic
Community
Milieu therapy came into its own during the 1960s
through early 1980s.Hall (1995) stated:
Care in inpatient psychiatric facilities can now 
be characterized as short and biologically based.The current focus of inpatient psychiatric care has
changed.Some programs (e.g., those for 
children and adolescents, clients with substance ad?dictions, and geriatric clients) have successfully
adapted the concepts of milieu treatment to their spe?cialty needsPatients were encouraged to be
active participants in their therapy, and individual 
autonomy was emphasized.