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Civil commitment for SUDs: One answer for families?
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30254
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , substance use , criminology , psychology , civil rights , substance abuse , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
This summer, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation released a research paper embracing the concept of civil commitment for substance use disorders (SUDs). The driving force is similar to that for suicidality: saving the life of a possible overdose victim. In issuing this paper, called “Involuntary Commitment for Substance Use Disorders,” Hazelden Betty Ford has opened a national dialogue among treatment providers on this controversial issue.