The Development of a Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Forensic Patients With Cognitive Impairment

• Published in: Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling
• Main Authors: Glassmire, David M., Welsh, Robert K., Clevenger, Jeanne K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: sami
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1874.2007.tb00022.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.2161-1874.2007.tb00022.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.2161-1874.2007.tb00022.x

The Substance Abuse and Mental Illness (SAMI) program combines cognitive rehabilitation and dual‐diagnosis substance abuse treatment within a stages of change context. This article describes the development, implementation, and preliminary outcome analysis of the SAMI program in a forensic hospital.