Involuntary treatment of substance abuse disorders.
Creator
Galon P A; Liebelt R A
Publisher
New directions for mental health services
Date
1997
1905-6
Description
The authors argue for the extension of mandatory treatment to persons gravely disabled by substance abuse. The problem is examined from ideological, clinical, legal, economic, and ethical perspectives.
Subject
*Commitment of Mentally Ill/legislation & jurisprudence; Adult; Cost of Illness; Diagnosis; Dual (Psychiatry); Ethics; Human Rights; Humans; Male; Medical; Substance-Related Disorders/economics/*rehabilitation; United States