Treatment of alcoholic violent offenders: ethics and efficacy

Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism
J Chick

Abstract

The published literature tends to find that the outcome of mandatory treatment for alcohol dependence is no worse than that for 'voluntary' treatment. Supervised disulfiram has been shown to improve outcome in Court-referred patients. When offenders take treatment offered as part of probation or a deferred sentence, they choose to do so, rather than face a penalty. It is not a 'free' choice in the usual sense, but the outcome can be beneficial to the offender as well as to society and this helps to justify its use. Coping and social skills therapy have value, as probably have antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs in some cases. Supervised disulfiram has a role supported by controlled studies.

Citations

Apr 6, 2004·Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment·Brandon K MartinThomas P Beresford
Aug 13, 2003·Substance Abuse : Official Publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse·Colin Brewer, Emmannuel Streel
Mar 30, 2010·Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism·Alexander DiehlFalk Kiefer
Jan 1, 2002·Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics·Colin Drummond
Dec 13, 2006·Addiction·Keron FletcherJonathan Chick

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Antipsychotic Drugs

Antipsychotic drugs are a class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis (including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia or disordered thought), principally in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Discover the latest research on antipsychotic drugs here

Related Papers

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum
J Johnsen, J Mørland
Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism
R E LindmanC J Eriksson
Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research
M Phillips, J Greenberg
© 2022 Meta ULC. All rights reserved