Talk:Soteria (psychiatric treatment)

Mosher chapter

The last chapter of Read et al’s Models of Madness (Routledge 2004) was written by Loren Mosher with substantial info about Soteria houses. I have a 2006 Spanish translation of Models of Madness and hope an English native speaker may update the article with said info. —Cesar Tort 22:48, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Could you clarify what info you need?

Noticed there still doesn't appear to be an article on Loren Mosher, and "Mosher" redirects to Moshing..I'll start one. EverSince 09:19, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Alaska isn't a country.

Sources for article

Just posting some additional sources for this and the Loren Mosher article.

Radio interview

• "Voyce Hendrix Inside Soteria House". Madness Radio. - might constitute a primary source - would depend on its usage - but interview with original clinical director of Soteria House.

Newspaper articles

• De Wyze, Jeanette (2003). "Still Crazy After All These Years". San Diego Weekly Reader. 32 (2). - Decent newspaper article about Soteria House and Mosher.

Books and book chapters by Mosher and others

• Mosher, Loren R. (1995). "The Soteria Project: The First Generation American Alternatives to Psychiatric Hospitalization". In Richard Warner (ed.). Alternatives to the Hospital for Acute Psychiatric Treatment. Washington DC. pp. 111–32. ISBN 9780880484848.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Ciompi, Luc; Dauwalder, Hans-Peter; Maier, Christian; Aebi, Elisabeth (1995). "The Pilot Project "Soteria Berne": Clinical Experiences and Results". In Richard Warner (ed.). Alternatives to the Hospital for Acute Psychiatric Treatment. Washington DC. pp. 111–32. ISBN 9780880484848. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Mosher, Loren R. (1996). "Soteria: A Therapeutic Community for Psychotic Persons". In Peter R. Breggin and E. Mark Stern (ed.). Psychosocial Approaches to Deeply Disturbed Persons. New York. pp. 43–58. ISBN 9781560248415.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Mosher, Loren R.; Bola, John R. (2000). "The Soteria Project: Twenty-Five Years of Swimming Upriver". In Tullio Scrimali and Liria Grimaldi (ed.). Cognitive Psychotherapy Toward a New Millennium: Scientific Foundations and Clinical Practice. Catania. pp. 247–52. ISBN 9780306467660.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Mosher, Loren R. (2001). "Treating Madness without Hospitals: Soteria and its Successors". In Kirk J. Schneider, James F.T. Bugental and J. Fraser Pierson (ed.). The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology: Leading Edges in Theory, Research and Practice. pp. 389–402. ISBN 9780761927822. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |publihser= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
• Whitaker, Robert (2002). Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill. Philadelphia: Basic Books. pp. 220–26. ISBN 9780465020140.
• Warner, Richard (2004). Recovery from Schizophrenia: Psychiatry and Political Economy (3rd ed.). New York. pp. 244–51. ISBN 9780415212663.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Bola, John R.; Mosher, Loren R.; Cohen, David (2005). "Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Psychosis Without Antipsychotic Drugs: The Soteria Project". In Stuart A. Kirk (ed.). Mental Disorders in the Social Environment. Columbia. pp. 368–84. ISBN 9780231128711.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Medical journals and conference proceedings

• Mosher, Loren R. (1972). "Schizophrenia and Crisis Theory". Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Orthopsychiatry Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1972. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Conference proceeding and 1st report on Soteria House I think. There used to be full access to this pdf here: http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED067600.pdf Not functioning at the moment. The article link in the citation provide an abstract however.
• Mosher, Loren R.; Reifman, Ann; Menn, Alma (1973). "Characteristics of Nonprofessionals Serving as Primary Therapists for Acute Schizophrenics". Hosp Community Psychiatry. 24: 391–6. PMID 4706170. - Requires a subscription to Psychiatric Services. Abstract available here.
• Mosher, L.R.; Menn, A. (1975). "Soteria: an alternative to hospitalization for schizophrenia". Current Psychiatric Therapies. 15: 287–96. PMID 1181138. Requires a subscription.
• Hirschfeld, Robert M. A.; Matthews, Susan M.; Mosher, Loren R.; Menn, Alma Z (1977). "Being With Madness: Personality Characteristics of Three Treatment Staffs". Hosp Community Psychiatry. 28: 267–73. PMID 844816. Requires a subscription. Abstract available here
• Mosher, L.R.; Menn, A.Z. (1977). "Soteria House: One Year Outcome Data (Proceedings)". Psychopharmacology Bulletin. 13 (2): 46–8. PMID 859995. Requires a subscription
• Mosher, Loren R.; Menn, Alma Z. (1978). "Community Residential Treatment for Schizophrenia: Two-Year Follow-up". Hosp Community Psychiatry. 29: 715–23. PMID 700610. Requires subscription. Abstract available here
• Mosher, Loren R.; Menn, Alma (1979). "Soteria: An alternative to hospitalization for schizophrenia". New Directions for Mental Health Services. 1979 (1): 73–84. doi:10.1002/yd.23319790108. Subscription required to Wiley. Abstract available here
• Mosher, Loren R. (1980). "Community residential treatment for schizophrenia: two-year follow-up". International Journal for Rehabilitation Research. 3 (3): 393–5. PMID 6778831. Requires subscription. First page of brief report available here.
• Pinero, F. (1983). "Soteria House: milieu de vie ou nouvelle thérapie? Une expérience personnelle (Soteria House. Environment or new therapy ? A personal experience)" (PDF). Santé mentale au Québec. 8 (1): 135–9. PMID 17093778. Article in French. Full text available in citation link.
• Ciompi, L.; Bernasconi, R. (1986). "'Soteria Bern.' Initial experiences with a new milieu therapy for acutely schizophrenic patients". Psychiatr Prax. 13 (5): 172–6. PMID 2878453. Article in German. Abstract available from pmid link.
• Ciompi, Luc; Dauwalder, Hans-Peter; Maier, Christian; Aebi, Elisabeth (1992). "The Pilot Project 'Soteria Berne': Clinical Experiences and Results" (PDF). British Journal of Psychiatry. 18 (Suppl.): 145–53. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Full text available from in-citation link.
• Ciompi, L.; Kupper, Z.; Aebi, E.; Dauwalder, H.P. (1993). "The pilot project 'Soteria Bern' in treatment of acute schizophrenic patients. II. Results of a comparative prospective follow-up study over 2 years". Nervenarzt. 64 (7): 440–50. PMID 8103570. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Article in German. Abstract available from pmid link.
• Mosher, Loren R.; Vallone, Robert; Menn, Alma (1995). "The Treatment of Acute Psychosis Without Neuroleptics: Six-Week Psychopathology Outcome Data From the Soteria Project". International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 41 (3): 157–73. doi:10.1177/002076409504100301. Subscription from Sage required. Abstract available here.
• Herrell, James M.; Fenton, Wayne; Mosher, Loren R.; Hedlund, Sarah (1996). "Residential alternatives to hospitalization for patients with severe and persistent mental illness: Should patients with comorbid substance abuse be excluded?". The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research. 23 (3): 348–55. doi:10.1007/BF02522308. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Subscription to Springer required. Abstract available here
• Ciompi, Luc (1997). "The Soteria-Concept. Theoretical bases and practical 13-year experience with a milieu-therapeutic approach of acute schizophrenia (Special lecture given at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tokyo, 29th – 31st May, 1997)" (PDF). Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica. 99: 634–50.. Full text of article at link.
• Sharfstein, Steven (1999). "Soteria and the Medical Marketplace (Editorial)". Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease (3): 129–30. PMID 10086468. {{cite journal}}: Text "volume-187" ignored (help) No abstract. Subscription required.
• Mosher, Loren R. (1999). "Soteria and Other Alternatives to Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Personal and Professional Review" (PDF). Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 187 (3): 142–49. Full text available from in-citation link
• Mosher, Loren (1999). "'I Want No Part of It Anymore'" (PDF). Psychology Today. 32 (5). Full text available from in-citation link
• Bola, John R.; Mosher, Loren R. (2002). "At Issue: Predicting Drug-Free Treatment Response in Acute Psychosis From the Soteria Project" (PDF). Schizophr Bull. 28 (4): 559–75. Full text available from in-citation link
• Bola, John; Mosher, Loren (2003). "Treatment of Acute Psychosis Without Neuroleptics: Two-Year Outcomes From the Soteria Project" (PDF). The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 191 (4): 219–29. Full text available from in-citation link
• Ciompi, Luc; Hoffmann, Holger (2004). "Soteria Berne: an innovative milieu therapeutic approach to acute schizophrenia based on the concept of affect-logic" (PDF). World Psychiatry. 3 (3): 140–6. Full text available from in-citation link
• Mosher, Loren R.; Bola, John R. (2004). "Soteria-California and Its American Successors: Therapeutic Ingredients". Ethical Human Sciences and Services. 6 (1): 7–23. Requires subscription to Ingenta. Article abstract available here.
• Bola, John R. (2006). "Medication-Free Research in Early Episode Schizophrenia: Evidence of Long-Term Harm?". Schizophr Bull. 32 (2): 288–96. Full text available from in-citation link.
• Bola, John Robert; Lehtinen, Klaus; Aaltonen, Jukka; Räkköläinen, Viljo (2006). "Predicting Medication-Free Treatment Response in Acute Psychosis: Cross-Validation From the Finnish Need-Adapted Project". Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 194 (10): 732–9. doi:10.1097/01.nmd.0000243080.90255.88. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Subscription required. Article abstract available here.
• Toresini, Lorenzo (2007). "Soterio - No Restraint System in Italy (47th International Neuropsychiatric Pula Congress)" (PDF). Neurologica Croatica. 56 (Suppl. 5): 120–1. Full text available from in-citation link.
• Calton, Tim; Ferriter, Michael; Huband, Nick; Spandler, Helen (2008). "A Systematic Review of the Soteria Paradigm for the Treatment of People Diagnosed With Schizophrenia" (PDF). Schizophrenia Bulletin. 34 (1): 181–92. Full text available from in-citation link.

Obituaries

• Lenzer, Jeanne (2004). "Loren Mosher". British Medical Journal. 329 (7463): 463. PMC 514223.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) Full text available from in-citation link.
• Allman, Larry (2004). "In memoriam: Loren R. Mosher" (PDF). American Family Therapy Academy Newsletter (91). Full text available from in-citation link.
• Redler, Leon (28 July 2004). "Loren Mosher". The Guardian. Full text availabe from in-citation link
• O'Connor, Anahad (18 July 2004). "L.R. Mosher, Innovator at Mental Health Institute, Dies at 70". New York Times. Full text availabe from in-citation link
• Bernstein, Adam (20 July 2004). "Contrarian Psychiatrist Loren Mosher, 70". p. B06. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |news= ignored (|newspaper= suggested) (help) Full text availabe from in-citation link

Other

• Mosher, Loren R. (4 December 1998). "Letter from Loren R. Mosher, M.D. to Rodrigo Munoz, M.D., President of the American Psychiatric Association: Resignation from the American Psychiatric Association" (PDF). http://www.Mosherstoria.com. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help) Full text letter of resignation from APA by Mosher 4 Dec 1998

• Mosher, Judy Schreiber (2007). "Does Soteria Have Future? (Lecture at the congress "Soteria and No Restraint", Merano, Italy November 21-23, 2007)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Full text available from in-citation link.

• Soteria bibliography 1972-2004. For anything not on this list.

Soteria King County, Washington

I removed the following section as 1) its garbled 2) beyond the name I can't establish that this facility is really linked to Soteria movement. I'll be happily corrected on the latter point if anyone can provide a source. Excised section:

A Soteria House was started in King County by local residents. Due to the controversial nature of the recovery model at the time the Attorney General became involved to insure that the medical model was followed. The original citizens have been separated by a no contact order which was brought by a guardian against the will of the citizens. Their marriage was also annulled against their will. The house was used later as a Soteria House for other citizens. Efforts are being made to preserve the house for future use as a Soteria House. So far the no contact order has not been lifted even though Washington State has subsequently adopted the recovery model.

The website of this facility is available here. I can't find any link between this organisation, the Soteria Alliance Corporation, whose inspiration appears to be scriptural, and Loren Mosher. I also cannot find any source, primary or secondary, to support the rather confused narrative in the quote above. FiachraByrne (talk) 22:08, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

French Wikipedia article

hello guys i translated the soteria page in french (well not all of it just the begining), and already after two days, somes moderators of the french wikipedia want to knock it out by telling it is not serious (soteria is not known in france). could a moderator from wikipedia in english that understands french explain that soteria is a serious thing ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.146.48.41 (talk • contribs) 17:33, 3 May 2013 UTC

If there are no good French sources then notability is a valid issue. I suggest you find the sources to show it merits an article there. Jojalozzo 20:46, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

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Weirdly placed information

"There are a number of Soteria houses in Israel - two in Jerusalem alone." Why is this the first sentence in the article?? There is a section stating what countries have Soteria and Soteria-based houses. And also where is the reference??

Article tone

Although I don't personally know anything about Soteria, this article reads like a personal advertisement. It goes unusually hard on regular psychiatric hospitals. For example: "Doctors possess decision-making powers and final authority; primary therapeutic value is attached to drugs used extensively; patients are considered as having an illness, with concomitant disability and dysfunction which should be "treated" and "cured"; labeling and its consequences, namely stigmatization and objectification, are almost inevitable.  At Soteria, in contrast, the primary focus was on development, learning, and growth." While this is sourced, its tone is not exactly encyclopedic. Prinsgezinde (talk) 22:10, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

"goes unusually hard". This is your opinion. A true hospital is one where the person is there by choice and can leave at any time. A Psych hospital is like a prison as the patient/prisoner can not leave. Secondly a patient willing takes medicine for their illness in a regular hospital, where a prisoner is forced to take psychiatric drugs (for their "wrong" behaviour, behaviour being subjective) in a Psych hospital.

The truth of a "brain chemical imbalance" is now coming to light because of its overwhelming failure to help or cure the "mentally ill". https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/ssris-chemical-imbalance-depression.html Mark v1.0 (talk) 14:33, 19 January 2023 (UTC)