Resisting 12-step coercion : how to fight forced participation in AA, NA or 12-step treatment /

Resisting 12-step coercion : how to fight forced participation in AA, NA or 12-step treatment /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Peele, Stanton.
Imprint:Tucson, Ariz. : See Sharp Press, ©2000.
Description:204 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Involuntary treatment -- United States.
Twelve-step programs -- United States.
Alcoholism -- Treatment.
Counseling -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Alcoholism counselors -- Professional ethics.
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
Alcoholism counselors -- Professional ethics.
Alcoholism -- Treatment.
Counseling -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Involuntary treatment.
Twelve-step programs.
United States.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11340949
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Resisting twelve-step coercion
Other authors / contributors:Bufe, Charles.
Brodsky, Archie.
ISBN:1884365175
9781884365171
Notes:Includes bibliographic (pages 187-199) references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • 1.. The Nature of the Problem
  • What is alcoholism?
  • The number of alcohol abusers
  • The dominance of 12-step groups
  • The dominance of 12-step treatment
  • The number of facilities and the number of those treated
  • The cost of 12-step treatment
  • Avenues of coercion
  • Are coerced persons really alcoholics?
  • The disease concept of alcoholism
  • 12-step treatment
  • 2.. The Efficacy of 12-Step Groups and 12-Step Treatment
  • The efficacy of AA and NA
  • Efficacy of 12-step and other traditional alcoholism treatments
  • 12-step drug treatment
  • The "best" evidence of the efficacy of 12-step treatment
  • Is abstinence necessary?
  • What works?
  • Summary
  • 3.. 12-Step Groups as Religious Organizations
  • Religious elements in AA's practices
  • Religious elements in AA's program and literature
  • AA's religious origins
  • Summary
  • 4.. The Courts and Coerced 12-Step Attendance
  • The 12 steps
  • Resolved and unresolved issues
  • U.S. court rulings against mandated AA/12-step program participation
  • Summary
  • 5.. Informed Consent
  • Legal requirements
  • Ethical principles
  • Clinical benefits
  • Remedies, violation of medical principles in addiction treatment
  • 6.. A Prototypical Case of Alcoholism Treatment and Coercion: G. Douglas Talbott
  • A troubled program
  • The Talbott philosophy and its sources
  • The Masters case
  • What the Masters case and judgment tell us
  • 7.. Summary of Legal and Clinical Objections to Compulsory AA, 12-Step, and Abstinence Treatment
  • Legal issues
  • Informed consent
  • Therapeutic issues
  • Appendices
  • A.. A Complaint Regarding Alcoholism Therapist Misconduct
  • Narrative
  • Assessment of the report
  • Violations of ASAM principles of medical ethics
  • Misdiagnosis of alcohol dependence
  • Attachment: assessment of Captain Smythe
  • Diagnosis of Capt. Smythe
  • Alternate view of diagnosis
  • Postscript
  • B.. Secular Self-Help Groups
  • References
  • Index

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