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

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 …

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 …

alcohol-and drug-dependent patients who are behaving in socially unacceptable ways. Is
coercion effective or is it society's wish to have its way? Motivation to quit drinking or using …

Coercion in substance abuse treatment is commonly viewed as being synonymous with a
legal mandate to receive services. Clients who are involuntarily committed to treatment or …

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 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 …

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 …

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

This paper reports preliminary data derived from a standardized interview scoring procedure
for detecting and characterizing coercive and noncoercive pressures to enter substance …