TY - JOUR
T1 - From Wanting to Willing
T2 - Controlled Drug Use as a Treatment Goal
AU - Järvinen, Margaretha
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - This paper uses rational choice theory to analyse a new – and controversial – treatment approach to drug problems: services aimed at making clients capable of controlled use of illegal drugs. The paper highlights three mechanisms used in control-focused treatment: attempts to move drug use from the sphere of “wanting” to the sphere of “willing”; temporal framing of illegal drug use; and a therapeutic focus on clients' resources rather than their problems. Furthermore, the paper identifies some of the main challenges associated with this kind of treatment. The paper is based on 30 qualitative interviews with young people (aged 18–25) enrolled in drug treatment in Copenhagen, Denmark.
AB - This paper uses rational choice theory to analyse a new – and controversial – treatment approach to drug problems: services aimed at making clients capable of controlled use of illegal drugs. The paper highlights three mechanisms used in control-focused treatment: attempts to move drug use from the sphere of “wanting” to the sphere of “willing”; temporal framing of illegal drug use; and a therapeutic focus on clients' resources rather than their problems. Furthermore, the paper identifies some of the main challenges associated with this kind of treatment. The paper is based on 30 qualitative interviews with young people (aged 18–25) enrolled in drug treatment in Copenhagen, Denmark.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Denmark
KW - controlled drug use
KW - drug use as rational behaviour
KW - qualitative interviews
KW - young people
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.030
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 176
SP - 69
EP - 76
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
ER -