ODYSSEY HOUSE MODEL AND CIVIL COMMITMENT

• NCJ Number: 10642
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1973) Pages: 31-34
• Author(s): D J HELMS; R RUSSELL
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXPLANATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY AND STRUCTURE OF A RESIDENTIAL DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE RATIONALE FOR CIVIL COMMITMENT.

Abstract

ODYSSEY HOUSE UTILIZES EX-ADDICT COUNSELORS COMBINED WITH INTENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT CIVIL COMMITMENT TO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS WILL AFFORD MORE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT.