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Motivating Substance Abusing Parents in Dependency Court
Author(s) -
Eddy William A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.1992.tb00715.x
Subject(s) - dependency (uml) , addiction , psychology , drug court , substance use , compliance (psychology) , addiction treatment , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , software engineering
To engage in recovery from addiction, most addicts need consequences and external structure. Although dependency courts routinely order substance abusing parents into treatment, the compliance rate is as low as 20%. While some parents will never participate, others may become motivated by court orders that apply the addiction treatment principles of simple steps and immediate consequences. The model proposed below presents one such approach.