Levels of Motivation and Readiness for Treatment Aligned With Criminal Justice Referral and Coercion Among Substance Users in England | Zendy

Andrew Jones | Zendy; Karen P. Hayhurst | Zendy; Tim Millar | Zendy

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Levels of Motivation and Readiness for Treatment Aligned With Criminal Justice Referral and Coercion Among Substance Users in England

Author(s) -

Andrew Jones,

Karen P. Hayhurst,

Tim Millar

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of studies on alcohol and drugs

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026

H-Index - 125

eISSN - 1938-4114

pISSN - 1937-1888

DOI - 10.15288/jsad.2017.78.884

Subject(s) - coercion (linguistics) , referral , criminal justice , psychology , clinical psychology , economic justice , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , family medicine , criminology , law , political science , philosophy , linguistics

Motivation and readiness for substance misuse treatment predict treatment retention and successful treatment outcomes but may be lower among substance users coerced into treatment. We tested for differences associated with legal involvement and with client perceptions of coercion among individuals entering drug misuse treatment in England.

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