Drug Courts: A New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation

By James E. Lessenger

Book Overview

This concise yet comprehensive reference draws on the authors' personal teaching file of cases from the Adult Drug Court in California. The book offers unparalleled insight into the drug court system and the medical problems of drug court patients. It is the first book of its kind in the family medicine literature. The authors share their extensive knowledge of addiction and withdrawal, treatment of patients with dual diagnoses of mental illness and addiction, and treatment of drug-associated diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and HIV. The book offers essential coverage of drug testing, drug test collections and reports, and common scams for falsifying drug tests. Other topics include medical educational services that physicians can provide for attorneys, judges, counselors, probation officers, and clients; challenges of treatment; and medical interventions. This cutting-edge primer sketches a detailed picture of how medical care fits within the overall therapeutic plan of drug courts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387714324
• ISBN13: 9780387714325
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"