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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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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Global state of harm reduction 2016.
The 2018 Global State of Harm Reduction report contains information on: • The number of people who inject drugs and the number… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Review of smoking cessation treatments for people with mental illness
This article reviews the current literature regarding treatments for smoking cessation in both the general population and in… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Investigation of the Serotonin Transporter Regulatory Region Polymorphism in Bulimia Nervosa: Relationships to Harm Avoidance, Nutritional Parameters, and Psychiatric Comorbidity
Objective: Genes involved in 5HT transmission have been supposed to contribute to the biologic vulnerability for bulimia nervosa… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Latinas and HIV/AIDS risk factors: implications for harm reduction strategies.
OBJECTIVES We examined risk factors for HIV infection among Puerto Rican and Mexican American women aged 15 through 44 years… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Association between cytochrome P450 2D6 genotype and harm avoidance
Genetic polymorphisms within the serotonergic and dopaminergic neurotransmitter systems may be associated with heightened harm… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire as a predictor of relapse in detoxified alcohol dependents. The European Fluvoxamine in Alcoholism Study Group.
Personality traits have been found as strong predictors for treatment response in different psychiatric disorders. We… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Correlates of occasional cigarette and marijuana use: are teens harm reducing?
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Initial manifestations of disordered eating behavior: dieting versus binging.
OBJECTIVE We examined the onset of binge eating and dieting in 108 women with bulimia nervosa to determine whether (1) dieting… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The harm reduction approach and risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion in injecting drug users, Amsterdam.
To assess risk factors for seroconversion to human immunodeficiency virus, the authors studied a cohort of human immunodeficiency… 
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