Valoración de los usuarios de un programa de reducción de daños integrado en un ambulatorio de drogodependencias

Abstract

The users' overall evaluation of the program was positive. Facilitators and barriers influencing patient-program bonding were identified and participants suggested ways to remove barriers. The coexistence among users of the harm reduction program and patients treated conventionally provoked ambivalence but the team's management was deemed helpful in easing the difficulties arising from this situation.

COVID pandemic as an opportunity for improving mental health treatments of the homeless people

“…Also, thanks to the implementation of the program, 17 new patients have been identified who, after the program ended, have been integrated with the community mental health services via referrals to their mental health teams and the addictive disorders unit and other resources in the addiction care network (outpatient drug clinics and therapeutic communities) (Volkow, 2020), which leads to their reincorporation to society, as it has been proposed (Fazel et al, 2014). There are previous experiences which suggest that damage reduction programs and low threshold programs are useful to supply patients with basic resources which could be an entry point to the general and mental health care system (Martínez-Luna et al, 2018) and are well perceived by the patients, some of them in a vulnerable situation or homeless (Daigre et al, 2010).…”

Psychotic Symptoms of Cocaine Self-Injectors in a Harm Reduction Program

“…The supervised drug consumption room is part of the harm reduction program in Outpatient Drug Clinic (CAS) of the University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, in Barcelona, Spain. The room is open free access to all users who want to take drugs intravenously in supervised and hygienic conditions (7). The patients were observed by the nurses and social educators who had received previous training to identify psychotic symptoms.…”

Salas de consumo higiénico en España (2000-2013)

“…DCRs are included in the group of measures aimed at harm reduction. (11,(13)(14)(15)40) The basic interventions and programs of all the rooms for injected drug consumption are the following: syringe exchange programs, workshop for safe and hygienic consumption, dining and resting rooms (for coffee and warmth), health care, and referral to health and social centers. Owing to the implementation of these basic interventions, the different DCRs have developed different programs and activities in accordance with the users' needs and the provision of economic resources.…”