Of central importance is that our clinical experience and treatment outcome studies to date
strongly suggest that coercion is fundamental to addiction treatment and favorable outcomes …

Recent work has criticized the evidence base for the effectiveness of addiction treatment
under social controls and coercion, suggesting that the development of sound policies and …

Coerced or involuntary treatment comprises an integral, often positive component of
treatment for addictive disorders. By the same token, coercion in health care raises …

The impact of coercion in rehabilitation of drug abusers was examined in a 1979 study of a
population of drug abusers in treatment programs in South Jersey, The experimental group …

This paper presents an abbreviated survey of the substance abuse treatment literature
regarding the effectiveness of various levels of coercion. The review provides overall …

Prior research on legally coerced treatment for substance abuse tends to find no difference
between coerced and non-coerced clients with respect to treatment retention and treatment …

This study provides new evidence regarding the relation of coerced care to posttreatment
substance use and addiction severity while controlling for two important factors: readiness to …

Drug and alcohol use presents a serious social problem for most countries in the world. Of
particular concern is the well-documented relationship between substance use and crime …

Coercion as a strategy for treatment of addiction is an effective but often negatively
perceived approach. The authors review current policies for involuntary commitments and …

The use of legally coerced treatment for substance‐using offenders is now widespread
internationally. To justify the continued use of coerced treatment, policy‐makers …