Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Daytop Village
Show the man the respect he deserves
Inculcated:
Narcotic Farm the rise and fall of America’s first prison for Drug Addicts
"Virtually every treatment now offered to those in addiction recovery was once attempted –with both successes and with failures- at the Narcotics Farm.” –The Narcotic Farm/ The Talking cure
That’s just page #103. The top of this page also mentions Daytop and Synanon, also Synanon modeled "Houses" fostered on the grounds of the Institution.
The previous page has a paragraph of Deitch with his dissonance waxing fond reminiscence about his treatment at Lexington (in 1951), specifically the weekly sessions of psychotherapy. He really felt understood for the first time ever. Then he relapsed within a day of his release.
Whatever they did to that man there, I suspect it didn’t help anything...except maybe, wean him from drugs to an issued identity. One he would make a career of, and spend a lifetime inflicting on others.
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