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Szalavitz's harm‐reduction history a must‐read for the field
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33148
Subject(s) - undoing , pleasure , harm reduction , harm , reading (process) , criticism , addiction , field (mathematics) , psychology , criminology , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , political science , social psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , law , nursing , public health , mathematics , pure mathematics
Maia Szalavitz is often viewed as an enemy of treatment. Her frequent outspoken criticism of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, mainly on social media, make the field cautious about her. But in fact, her solid reporting and journalism make Undoing Drugs , her new book on the history of harm reduction and the connection to addiction, essential reading, especially for treatment providers. At a time when books about SUDs, especially about opioids and especially by people who previously had opioid use disorder (OUD), are flooding the market, it's a pleasure to read one that is so well informed.