Editors:
- First book of its kind in the family medicine literature
- Ideal primer for family physicians (over 40,000 in the US) involved in the Drug Court process
- Offers family physicians valuable knowledge of the testing performed on Drug Court clients
- In depth coverage on the importance of dual diagnoses - drug and alcohol
- Clinical treatment guidelines for patients with mental illness and drug addiction
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book was penned as a guide to educate those involved about the process and procedures associated in developing and administering an alternative program for the rehabilitation of substance abusers in the legal system. … this book is meant for ‘those who are operating or wishing to create a drug court, physicians who will frequently see people who are drug court clients, judges, prosecutors, treatment providers, defense attorneys, probation officers, case managers and coordinators currently working in a drug court.’" (Steven T. Herron, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
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Solano County, Benicia, USA
James E. Lessenger
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Superior Court of California, Tulare County, Porterville, USA
Glade F. Roperd
About the editors
Dr. James Lessenger has practiced occupational and environmental medicine for more than two decades in California's San Joaquin Valley. In addition to keeping an active clinical practice, Lessenger is a Medical Review Officer on drug testing for the Department of Transportation and a consultant to many corporations and companies on drug testing, workplace drug issues, and industrial injuries. Dr. Lessenger has been a consultant to the Tulare County drug court since its inception in 1996 and was responsible for an exhaustive review of the system in 2001.
Glade F. Roper, JD is the presiding Adult Drug Court judge for rural Tulare County. He started and has maintained the Drug Court since 1996 and has been a jurist in the county since 1989. He created and has taught the Advanced Drug Court Track at the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the last four years and speaks across the nation about rural drug courts and treatment issues.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Drug Courts
Book Subtitle: A New Approach to Treatment and Rehabilitation
Editors: James E. Lessenger, Glade F. Roperd
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71433-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-71432-5
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2442-1
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-71433-2
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 486
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: General Practice / Family Medicine, Primary Care Medicine, Psychology, general, Psychotherapy and Counseling