What are the strengths and weaknesses of the harm reduction theory?

What will be an ideal response?


Strengths: treatment reaches more clients and expands the definition of services that are considered treatment, reduces large societal costs to drug use and addiction, and reduces moral judgment; and Weaknesses: some believe that HR strategies enable the individual to keep using drugs, and some believe true recovery is achieved only when complete abstinence is achieved.

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Ms. Doctor is a school social worker that works with the Hernandezes and Juan, who just relocated from the Los Angeles area. She noticed that the family was isolated because of language barriers, and that Mrs. Hernandez often was teary when she left Juan at school. The parents agreed to meet with Ms. Doctor, and they created a plan for Juan’s parents to begin a support group for parents of children with Autism and for Juan to get into a play group twice per week. This is an example of

a. An Individual Educational Plan (IEP) b. The daily tasks of a school social worker c. Assisting the family with social supports d. Poor boundaries in the social worker

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Who is most likely to be a perpetrator for shaken baby syndrome?

A) ?The baby's mother B) ?An unrelated babysitter C) ?The baby's father/stepfather D) ?A grandparent

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The Discussion section is NOT the place to ______.

A. speculate on the implications of your findings B. discuss how your findings relate to other research C. discuss improvements that could be made in your study D. present the outcome of statistical analyses

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Susan the analyst looks forward to her 10:00 client on Fridays. She spends a lot of time reading about issues relevant to this client's presentation. Susan is probably experiencing

a. countertransference b. transference c. sublimation d. burnout

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