The idea of using the legal system to get drug users into treatment tends to polarise debate
between those who present it as a solution to drug related crime, and others who see it as …

The authors examined the psychometric properties of a clinician‐rated measure of sex
offender denial. Convergent and discriminant validity for the measure was supported, and …

The use of pressure (including legal mandates) to encourage individuals with alcohol and
other drug (AOD) use issues to enter treatment is widespread. The aims of this study were to …

While the use of coercion, such as involuntary medication and physical restraints, is
widespread in psychiatric treatment, little is known about the outcomes of the use of these …

Moral and empirical issues related to mandatory treatment are identified and discussed. A
review of the literature reveals that research studies to date provide no sound empirical …

The empirical literature on coerced treatment offers support for all three of these
assumptions. Drug users are responsible for a high proportion of crime, and the frequency of …

Low personal control and a sense of meaninglessness of life, attributes associated with a
pattern of human learned helplessness, have also been described as contributing to the …

Background There is increasing advocacy to reduce coercive practices in mental healthcare.
Little research has been done on the topic in developing countries. Aims To explore what …

Some clinicians working with families with alcohol or other drug problems continue to use
the codependency model to guide their practice despite the limited empirical support for this …

Introduction Implementation models, frameworks and theories (hereafter tools) provide
researchers and clinicians with an approach to understand the processes and mechanisms …