ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2008
The influence of legal coercion on dropout from substance abuse treatment: results from a national survey.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Criminal justice referral and incentives in outpatient substance abuse treatment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2013Trial
- Dispositional optimism, goals, and engagement in health treatment programs.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2010Trial
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- Barriers to addiction treatment among formerly incarcerated adults with substance use disorders.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2018Article
- eHealth in Treatment of Offenders in Forensic Mental Health: A Review of the Current State.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- Acceptability and effectiveness of a web-based psychosocial intervention among criminal justice involved adults.Health & justice · 2017Article
- Abstinence at Successful Discharge in Publicly Funded Addiction Health Services.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2016Article
- Referrals and Treatment Completion for Prescription Opioid Admissions: Five Years of National Data.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Article
- Implementation of integrated therapies for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders in community substance abuse treatment programs.Drug and alcohol review · 2015Review
- Time to relapse following treatment for methamphetamine use: a long-term perspective on patterns and predictors.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Article
- Posttreatment drug use abstinence: does the majority program clientele matter?Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse · 2014Article
- Does Mandated Treatment Benefit Youth? A Prospective Investigation of Adolescent Justice System Involvement, Treatment Motivation, and Substance Use Outcomes.Alcoholism treatment quarterly · 2013Article
- Making lemonade out of lemons: a case report and literature review of external pressure as an intervention with pregnant and parenting substance-using women.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2012Review
- Pathways to treatment retention for individuals legally coerced to substance use treatment: the interaction of hope and treatment motivation.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2011Article
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Abstract
Legal coercion is frequently used to leverage substance abuse treatment upon persons who would otherwise not seek it voluntarily. Various methodological and conceptual problems of the existing research have prevented a clear understanding of its effectiveness. The influence of legal coercion on retention in substance abuse treatment was examined using a national survey of programs in the public sector of care and three different treatment modalities including short-term residential (N=756), long-term residential (N=757), and outpatient treatment (N=1181). Legal coercion was found to reduce the risk of dropout across all three treatment modalities. The greatest effect was among persons in short-term residential treatment. The smallest effect was observed in outpatient treatment. This study shows that legal coercion significantly reduces the risk of dropout in substance abuse treatment. However, the differential effects across treatment conditions must be carefully considered when using coercion to involve individuals in treatment.
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