Coerced addiction treatment Client perspectives and the implications of their neglect.docVIP

Urbanoski Harm Reduction Journal 2010, 7:13 /content/7/1/13 REVIEW Open Access Coerced addiction treatment: Client perspectives Review and the implications of their neglect Karen A Urbanoski Abstract Recent work has criticized the evidence base for the effectiveness of addiction treatment under social controls and coercion, suggesting that the development of sound policies and treatment practices has been hampered by numerous limitations of the research conducted to date. Implicit assumptions of the effectiveness of coerced treatment are evident in the organization and evolution of treatm