Querengaesser, Jan and Baur, Alexander and Bezzel, Adelheid and Koerkel, Joachim and Schloegl, Christian (2023) Forensic psychiatric addiction treatment and its implicit abstinence orientation - alternative treatment goals are legally permissible and therapeutically sensible. RECHT & PSYCHIATRIE, 41 (1). pp. 3-8. ISSN 0724-2247,
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Abstinence is currently the predominant treatment goal of forensic psychiatric addiction treatment. However, the purpose of any forensic psychiatric intervention under criminal law is only to ensure that after treatment no further crimes are committed as a result of the psychiatric problem. It remains undefined how this is to be achieved. With regard to Section 64 of the German Criminal Code, the misleading concept of healing a >> tendency << to consume addictive substances in excess is not to be equated with abstinence. Nor can a substance use disorder be overcome only by complete abstinence. Rather, alternatives to the abstinence orientation also and especially in the forensic context, allow for suitable options to those patients who are not willing or able to achieve abstinence. This article examines the goal of abstinence from a legal point of view and takes a critical look at >> healing << an addiction illness. A case example illustrates the problems that can arise from narrowing the focus on abstinence as the sole goal of forensic addiction treatment. As a conclusion, it seems appropriate that the implicit and exclusive abstinence orientation gives way to a more goal-open approach.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; measures of rehabilitation and prevention; offender treatment; addiction; treatment goals; psychotherapy |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2024 13:58 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2024 13:58 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/59787 |
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