A case for integrating substance use harm reduction into IPAC practice in acute care settings

Integrative harm reduction psychotherapy: a case of substance use, multiple trauma, and suicidality.

Harm reduction is a new paradigm that seeks to reduce the harmful consequences of substance use and other risky behaviors without requiring abstinence. This article discusses integrative harm reduction psychotherapy, one application of harm reduction principles to psychotherapy. Seven therapeutic tasks are described with attention to clinical process, skills, and strategies. A case is presented...

Harm Reduction: Good Practice in Asia Integration of Harm Reduction into Abstinence-based Therapeutic Communities

Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings

BACKGROUND Harm reduction refers to interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of health behaviors without necessarily extinguishing the problematic health behaviors completely. The vast majority of the harm reduction literature focuses on the harms of drug use and on specific harm reduction strategies, such as syringe exchange, rather than on the harm reduction philosophy as a whole....

A Plea for Harm Reduction Policing Involving People Who Use Drugs

Substance abuse and developments in harm reduction.

A drug is a substance that produces a psychoactive, chemical or medicinal effect on the user. The psychoactive effect of mood-altering drugs is modulated by the user's perception of the risks of drug use, his or her ability to control drug use and the demographic, socioeconomic and cultural context. The ability to control drug use may vary along a continuum from compulsive use at one end to con...