DRUGS AND REPRESSION - PREOCCUPATIONS OF A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE (FROM FRONTIERS OF REPRESSION, PART 2 MORALS, DRUGS - SEE NCJ-28524)

• NCJ Number: 28531
• Author(s): A VANDYKVERSELE F; M LEMOINE
• Editor(s): F LEVERSELEMOINE M
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 34 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT CRIMINOLOGY CONGRESS, BRUSSELS, MARCH 15-18, 1972

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF DRUG TREATMENT METHODS AND TYPES OF ADOLESCENT CLIENTS AT THE HEALTH CENTER OF THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

Abstract

THE CENTER PROVIDES PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT TO ADOLESCENTS REFERRED TO IT BY THE JUVENILE COURT, YOUTH CENTERS, EXAMINING MAGISTRATES, PARENTS, AND AT THEIR OWN INITIATIVE. DESCRIBED ARE THE CENTER'S PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES AND METHODS OF LONG AND SHORT-RANGE THERAPY. INCLUDED ARE STATISTICS ON THE CASES OF A SAMPLE OF 40 CLIENTS. THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT THE USE OF DRUGS BY ADOLESCENTS IS A SIMULTANEOUSLY SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM WHICH CANNOT BE SOLVED BY LEGAL REPRESSION. --IN FRENCH