NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON METHADONE TREATMENT, 5TH, MARCH 17-19, 1973, WASHINGTON, DC (ISSUED IN TWO NUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 12455
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 1664 pages
• Corporate Author: National Assoc for the Prevention of Addiction to Narcotics
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PAPERS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF NARCOTICS ADDICTION.

Abstract

NUMEROUS TOPICS ARE COVERED INCLUDING VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF ADDICTS, DOSAGE LEVELS, METHADONE MAINTENANCE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TREATMENT TECHNIQUES, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ISSUES, COUNSEL OR TRAINING, DETOXIFICATION, ALCOHOLISM AND THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE PATIENT, DRUG ASSOCIATED DEATHS, AND TREATMENT FOR YOUTHFUL ADDICTS. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS, DATA SYSTEMS, DRUG RESEARCH, METHADONE AND PREGNANCY, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF METHADONE PROGRAMS, PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES, PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES, AND UNUSUAL TREATMENT SETTINGS.