COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH APPROACH TO DRUG ADDICTION

• NCJ Number: 883
• Author(s): R Brotman; A Freedman
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 137 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ADDICTION IN AMERICA FROM THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE PRESENT METHODS OF TREATMENT.

Abstract

THE REPORT INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON A HISTORY OF AMERICAN REACTION TO NARCOTICS USE, PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ADDICTION, COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE A GLOSSARY OF DEPENDENCE PRODUCING DRUGS, 20 PAGE QUESTIONNAIRE GIVEN TO DRUG ADDICTS, 7 CASE HISTORIES, RESULTS OF RESEARCH, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.