Daytop

Daytop
Brooklyn

Daytop, or Daytop Village, is a drug addiction treatment organization with facilities in New York and New Jersey. It was founded in 1963[1] by Dr. Daniel Casriel M.D along with Monsignor William B. O'Brien a Roman Catholic priest and founder and the president of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities.[2] According to Dr. Casriel its name was originally an acronym for 'Drug Addicts Treated on Probation' as Daytop was originally a kind of "halfway" house for convicted addicts.[3] Another account gives the name to be an acronym for "Drug Addicts Yield to Persuasion".[2] The Daytop program, one of the oldest drug-treatment programs in the United States,[2] emphasizes the role of peer interaction in their modes of treatment. Considered one of the most successful programs of its kind, it is described as "a supportive emotional community in which people feel secure but at the same time are held strictly accountable for their behavior". It is estimated that 85 percent of those treated stay clean.[4]

References

  1. ^ Daytop History, accessed 26 September 2009
  2. ^ a b c New York Times 13 Nov 1989 A Pioneer in Residential Drug Treatment
  3. ^ "A Scream Away From Happiness". New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1972 page 47
  4. ^ Family connections: Monsignor O'Brien's Daytop Village - Of Several Minds, Paul Baumann, 2002, Commonweal

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