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A Proposed Prevention Intervention for Nondrug-Dependent Drug Court Clients
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A Proposed Prevention Intervention for Nondrug-Dependent Drug Court Clients

David DeMatteo
Journal of cognitive psychotherapy, v 24(2), pp 104-115
01 Jan 2010

Abstract

Psychology Psychology, Clinical Social Sciences
A substantial body of research supports the effectiveness of drug courts in terms of reducing drug use and criminal recidivism among drug-involved offenders. However, it is unclear whether drug courts are appropriate for all clients, most notably the sizeable portion of clients who do not have a diagnosable or clinically significant substance use disorder. For these clients, drug court treatment may be ineffective or even contraindicated. Instead, best practice standards suggest that these clients would benefit from a prevention intervention designed to interrupt the acquisition of addictive behaviors. Unfortunately, such interventions have not been tested with adult offenders in drug courts. In this article, we describe a platform of cognitive and behavioral techniques that can potentially be used with nondrug-dependent drug court clients.

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