Resources
The following links are additional resources that may be of interest.
Nicotine Science and Policy - Including guest blogs by John
Harm reduction approaches should extend to patient smoking
This article appeared in the December 31, 2019 online website Addiction Professional
Toolkit Offers Modern Approach to Reducing Cigarette Smoking in SUD Populations
This article appeared in the June 24, 2021 online website Addiction Professional
When Addiction Professional was a print publication a number of articles were published that are now available on the website.
Adapting programs to help the developmentally disabled
July 22, 2013
Treatment’s abstract language can stymie a population in need.
Mixing advocacy with treatment
March 01, 2010
In recent years a growing appreciation has formed about the importance of involving recovering individuals in activities that promote civic engagement. A program in San Diego teaches clients to be both self advocates and systems change activists.
Why we talk about sex
July 01, 2009
The link between sexual behavior and drug use is often ignored by treatment programs. This article showcases an innovative treatment program that addresses this connection.
Improve the client's parenting (with Anna Marquez)
July 24, 2014
Parent skills training adds an important component to family-focused care in addiction treatment settings.
Yoga moves toward mainstream of treatment (Colin de Miranda)
June 10, 2016
Seeing the spiritual foundation of the practice of yoga carries considerable importance in its application to addiction treatment.
The following resource articles and documents are available as PDF downloads.
Coming to the addiction community: Consumer directed care
Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, June 2004
Locked out of the workplace: Supreme Court weighs employment rights of people recovering from addiction
Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow, December 2003.
Youth in recovery (with Greg Williams)
The Prevention Researcher, April 2011
A modified 12-steps for persons with cognitive or educational limitations
The following websites may also be of interest.
Tobacco Harm Reduction Research Project
A major research effort to study a range of tobacco interventions including harm reduction strategies among persons with substance use or mental health disorders.
Knowledge Action Change
KAC focuses on harm reduction as a key public health strategy including policies, regulations and actions that focus on reducing health risks, usually be providing safer forms of hazardous products or encouraging less risky behaviors. Harm reduction is a key public health strategy grounded in human rights.