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- Title
A Review of the Compatibility of Harm-Reduction and Recovery-Oriented Best Practices for Dual Disorders.
- Authors
Mancini, Michael A.; Hardiman, Eric R.; Eversman, Michael H.
- Abstract
Community mental health practitioners often provide services to clients who struggle with co-occurring mental illness, addictions, and homelessness. Although controversial in the United States, programs serving this population are increasingly turning toward harm-reduction approaches to enhance service engagement. Opponents claim that harmreduction approaches endorse and enable destructive behavior, while advocates claim that they are effective at reducing harm drug users do to themselves and society. Caught in the middle are practitioners who may be unclear as to how harm reduction fits with their practice philosophies and training. In this article, intersections of recovery-oriented mental health best practices for dual disorders and harm-reduction approaches are explored within the domains of empowerment, supportive relationships, and resource access in order to clarify how practitioners can integrate harm reduction into their practice. Implications for program implementation and research are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; COMMUNITY mental health personnel; SUBSTANCE abuse; DUAL diagnosis; COMMUNITY mental health services; MENTAL health; MENTAL illness; HARM reduction; RISK management in business
- Publication
Best Practice in Mental Health, 2008, Vol 4, Issue 2, p99
- ISSN
1553-555X
- Publication type
Article