The treatment most appropriate for a client with antisocial tendencies who has been treated several
times for substance addiction and has relapsed is
a. a 12-step self-help program.
b. a 1-week detoxification program.
c. long-term outpatient therapy.
d. a residential program.
D
Residential programs and therapeutic communities have as goals complete change in lifestyle,
abstinence from drugs, elimination of criminal behaviors, development of employable skills,
self-reliance, and honesty. Residential programs have been found to be more effective for clients
with antisocial tendencies than outpatient programs.
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