The space to heal heroin addiction

The psychoanalytic case for harm reduction

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21748050
AutoresIra Brenner (0000-0002-8338-215X, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, autor de correspondencia), Matthew Mongiello (McDaniel College)
Año2022
Volumen19
Número1
Páginas123-134
Fecha de publicación2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1556-9187 • E-ISSN: 1742-3341
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/aps.1693
OpenAlexW3133135721
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas40

Harm reduction approaches to heroin addiction treatment are safe and effective, particularly those using medication‐assisted therapy, yet they remain underutilized in the drug treatment field. This paper posits the need for a psychoanalytic formulation of harm reduction. It draws on object relations theory, to illustrate the ways in which harm reduction, as a philosophy and as a practice, maps onto the particular developmental and attachment themes of addiction. It explores heroin addiction and harm reduction at the intersection of the psyche and the social and calls upon psychoanalysis to challenge oppressive systems in the lives of heroin users

Addiction · Criminology · Drug · Harm · Harm reduction · Heroin · Heroin addiction · Psyche · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Public health · Sociology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes