Milieu therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves the use of therapeutic communities.
During their stay, patients are encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and the others within the unit, based upon a hierarchy of collective consequences.
Milieu therapy is thought to be of value in treating personality disorders and behavioural problems, and can also be used with a goal of stimulating the patient's remaining cognitive-communicative abilities.
Organizations known to use milieu therapy include Cassel Hospital, in London, Forest Heights Lodge in Evergreen, CO,[1][2] the United States Veteran's Administration,[3] and the Kansas Industrial School for Girls in Beloit, Kansas.
This is what the central theme of milieu therapy is - to create a good social environment, where no medications are administered, and all individuals are eager to be treated (for example, to quit substance abuse).