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Harm Reduction

Known as: Harm Minimization, HARM AVOIDANCE, Minimization, Harm 
The application of methods designed to reduce the risk of harm associated with certain behaviors without reduction in frequency of those behaviors… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Update on harm-reduction policy and intervention research.
Harm reduction is a pragmatic approach to reduce the harmful consequences of alcohol and drug use or other high-risk activities… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Harm reduction therapy: a practice-friendly review of research.
Harm reduction is an umbrella term for interventions aiming to reduce the problematic effects of behaviors. Although harm… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Mapping violence and policing as an environmental-structural barrier to health service and syringe availability among substance-using women in street-level sex work.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Reliability and validity of parent and child versions of the multidimensional anxiety scale for children in community samples.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC), which measures… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
RACE, DRUGS, AND POLICING: UNDERSTANDING DISPARITIES IN DRUG DELIVERY ARRESTS*
This article draws on several unique data sources to assess and explain racial disparity in Seattle's drug delivery arrests… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Necessary Evils and Interpersonal Sensitivity in Organizations
In order to produce a beneficial result, professionals must sometimes cause harm to another human being. To capture this… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
What are drug users looking for when they contact drug services: abstinence or harm reduction?
Within the UK and in many other countries two of the most significant issues with regard to the development of health and social… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
The association between substance use, unplanned sexual intercourse and other sexual behaviours among adolescent students.
AIMS To determine the prevalence of high-risk sexual behaviours and the influence of substance use and unplanned sexual… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Cloninger's tridimensional theory of personality and psychopathology: applications to substance use disorders.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate studies that applied Cloninger's tridimensional theory of personality to substance abusers. METHODS… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Childhood personality predicts alcohol abuse in young adults.
431 children (233 boys, 198 girls) born in Stockholm, Sweden, had a detailed behavioral assessment at 11 years of age, including… 
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