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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Goldberg, David, Rhodes, Tim, Hickman, Matthew   +5 more
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Self-harm in East London adolescents [PDF]

, 2010
PhDThe prevalence of adolescent self-harm is higher in the community compared with self-harm monitored through service use, as only a minority of young people seek help. There has been limited longitudinal community-based research on adolescent self-harm,
Klineberg, Emily
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The changing pattern of the clinical characteristics of self-harm across the life-span: how do hospital services respond? [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction Self-harm is a substantial problem in the UK with significant human and economic costs. It is one of the most common reasons for acute admission to hospital in the UK and is an important risk factor for suicide.
Hall-Patch, Lyndsey Anne
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Intervention strategies for people who self-harm [PDF]

, 2010
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (2010) estimates that the incidence of self-harm in the UK has risen over the last 20 years and that the rates among young people are the highest in Europe.
Ousey, Claire, Ousey, Karen
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Listening with your eyes: Using pictures and words to explore self-harm [PDF]

, 2013
Background Why do people harm themselves intentionally and sometimes painfully and repeatedly even when they do not wish to die? This thesis explores that question using traditional and non-traditional research approaches.
Edmondson, Amanda Jane
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Exploring experiences and meanings of self harm in South Asian women in the UK [PDF]

, 2011
Epidemiological studies have reported significantly higher rates of self harm in South Asian women than South Asian men or White British women, particularly within the 16-24 age group (Cooper et al., 2006).
Wood, Sarah
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Does clinical management improve outcomes following self-Harm? Results from the multicentre study of self-harm in England [PDF]

, 2013
Background Evidence to guide clinical management of self-harm is sparse, trials have recruited selected samples, and psychological treatments that are suggested in guidelines may not be available in routine practice.
Waters, K, Sarah Steeg, Roger Webb, Jayne Cooper, Haigh Matthew, Haigh, Matthew, Roger Webb (440581), Keith Hawton (165908), Ness Jennifer, Webb, Roger, Jennifer Ness, Ness, Jennifer, Nav Kapur, Hawton, Keith, Helen Bergen, Bergen, Helen, Steeg, S, Keith Waters, Jayne Cooper (440585), Webb, R, Sarah Steeg (440580), Cooper Jayne, Kapur, N, Waters, Keith, Matthew Haigh, Kapur, Nav; id_orcid, Steeg, Sarah; id_orcid, Keith Waters (440584), Nav Kapur (440579), Keith Hawton, Hawton Keith, Steeg, Sarah, Kapur, Nav, Kapur Nav, Bergen Helen, Haigh, M, Steeg Sarah, Waters Keith, Bergen, H, Hawton, K, Ness, J, Webb Roger, Matthew Haigh (440582), Jennifer Ness (440583), Cooper, Jayne, Cooper, J, Helen Bergen (165910)   +46 more
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Global state of harm reduction 2020. [PDF]

, 2020
he Global State of Harm Reduction is the only report that provides an independent analysis of harm reduction in the world. Now in its the seventh edition, the Global State of Harm Reduction 2020 is the most comprehensive global mapping of harm reduction ...

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Not all screens are created equal: examination of surface features and other physical properties of commonly used screen materials for smoking drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Brass screens are considered an essential part of the safer drug smoking/inhalation supplies and are widely distributed by harm reduction programs in Canada.
Bradley J. Diak, Miroslav Miskovic, Nadia Zurba, Denise Beaumont   +3 more
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Critical appraisal of the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) Preliminary Opinion on electronic cigarettes

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background In preparation for the 2021 revision of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) has posted its Preliminary Opinion on Electronic Cigarettes.
Renée O’Leary, Riccardo Polosa, Giovanni Li Volti, the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR)   +3 more
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