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I read the article, looked for an e-mail address for the authors but found none.

But for sure someone should contact the authors and make sure that they know these are NOT therapeutic communities.

On Sep 2, 2021, at 4:01 AM, Rowdy Yates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Good Morning Family

A worrying report here about "therapeutic communities" in Brazil. I very much hope that WFTC and FLACT is in a position to respond to this article. Let's be absolutely clear. Coercion/involuntary treatment and physical punishment have no place whatsoever in the therapeutic community. (Nor, for me, has religion - but I recognise that is not a universal view and I remember that in Genoa this issue caused a great deal of division and confrontation).

That said, we should be aware that one of the great threats we face in the TC movement is the increasing number of organisations (many with completely unacceptable practices) which claim to be "therapeutic communities" but are clearly no such thing. Inevitably, these rogue organisations 'poison the well' and undermine the good reputation of the real TC movement.

Read the Aljazeera article here:

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/9/1/bolsonaro-is-destroying-mental-health-care-to-favour-evangelicals

Bolsonaro is destroying mental health care to favour evangelicals | Mental Health | Al Jazeera

Bolsonaro is destroying mental health care to favour evangelicals. His assault on public mental health services will hurt Black Brazilians the most and benefit evangelical centres.

www.aljazeera.com

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