Format
Book
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Drug and Alcohol Findings Effectiveness Bank
Original Language

English

Keywords
alcohol
treatment
coerced treatment
UK
training
risk-need-responsivity
workforce development
cognitive-behavioural therapy

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Bite: Managing Coerced Alcohol Treatment

Key studies on the role of management in the treatment of problem drinking in criminal justice settings and/or to safeguard the community. Just as for practitioners, for managers the challenge is to extract therapeutic benefit out of a coercive, punishment-oriented context. Discusses a rare trial of the influential ‘risk-need-responsivity’ model, asks whether cognitive-behavioural approaches are the way to go, and identifies possibly the most difficult management task in the addictions. Read more...