NCJ Number
48582
Editor(s)
A SCHECTER,
H ALKSNE,
E KAUFMAN
Date Published
1978
Length
1069 pages
Annotation
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF DRUG ABUSE AND DRUG-RELATED ISSUES ARE EXPLORED IN 117 SYMPOSIUM PAPERS BY CLINICIANS, RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND GOVERNMENT POLICYMAKERS.
Abstract
THE PRESENTATIONS REPRESENT MEDICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, COMMUNITY, VOCATIONAL, AND LEGISLATIVE APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM OF DRUG ABUSE. IMFORMATION AND POLICY STATEMENTS ON TREATMENT METHODS, FOLLOWUP PROCEDURES, DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM DESIGN AND EVALUATION, AND RELATED SOCIAL ISSUES ARE PRESENTED. AMONG SPECIFIC TOPICS ARE DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PERSONNEL, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, POLYDRUG ABUSE TREATMENT, METHADONE MAINTENANCE, DETOXIFICATION, DRUG-FREE THERAPY, DRUG-FREE NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS, LONG-ACTING METHADONE (LAAM), INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE, FAMILY AND ADOLESCENT THERAPY, TREATMENT FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES, BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, DRUG-DEPENDENT MOTHERS AND INFANTS, AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. A SECTION ON LEGAL ISSUES INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF CHANGING PATTERNS AMONG ADDICT-OFFENDERS, CONFIDENTIALITY OF DRUG TREATMENT RECORDS, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF FEMALE ADDICTS IN TWO CITIES, LEGAL PRESSURE AS MOTIVATION FOR DRUG TREATMENT, COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND DRUG REHABILITATION SYSTEMS, AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR BY PATIENTS IN METHADONE MAINTENANCE. SEE ALSO NCJ 48583-48596. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED --LKM)