Involuntary treatment of substance abuse disorders.

Involuntary treatment of substance abuse disorders.

Galon P A; Liebelt R A

New directions for mental health services

1997

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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.

*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

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