Susan was interviewed about the topic of involuntary commitment and treatment versus harm reduction treatment on KUOW’s On the Record. You can listen with this link under “San Francisco Conservatorship.” And feel free to reach out if you are interested in the stats and ethical and clinical conversations in the scientific literature on coerced treatment, compulsory treatment and involuntary commitment. We at the HaRRT Center are happy to help!
Author: Emily Taylor

Harm Reduction and CBPR Workshops at APA 2019
HaRT-A Featured in the UW Daily
The Daily is a student run newspaper at the University of Washington. They recently released an issue focusing on homelessness and they wrote an article on our HaRT-A study.
Read it here: http://www.dailyuw.com/wellness/article_49c099cc-6a3f-11e9-9650-df042d58522c.html
Research-Based Op-Ed for STAT
HaRRT Center Codirector, Susan Collins, PhD, wrote this research-based op-ed for STAT about her pathway to embracing a harm-reduction approach versus sobriety-only approach to substance use—in her life and in her work.
Harm Reduction Training
HaRT-A Article Published
Just published this week! Our Harm Reduction Treatment for Alcohol (HaRT-A) study is the first randomized controlled trial of a harm-reduction treatment for alcohol use disorder. Spoiler alert: Harm reduction works!
Click here to read the article
The Seattle Times wrote an article on our study! Click here to read the article.
Kind & Co Events Holiday Party Benefiting the HaRRT Center
Kind & Co events are hosting a socially conscious holiday party on 12/12 and the HaRRT Center is this year’s lucky beneficiary! Please join us for a night of community consciousness raising & holiday cheer, while enjoying great appetizers, music, craft cocktails, and local artisan pop up shops to benefit the HaRRT Center.
We’re talking about harm reduction tomorrow at 12pm PT for the monthly NW ATTC webinar
This morning, we officially started a harm reduction treatment track in the Harborview Mental Health and Addictions Outpatient clinic. Go team Harm Reduction!
In the aftermath of the FDA press release announcing a crackdown on sales of e-cigs to minors, HaRRT Center co-director, Susan Collins, explains the health risks of smoking versus vaping for adults and kids
In the aftermath of the FDA press release announcing a crackdown on sales of e-cigs to minors, HaRRT Center co-director, Susan Collins, explains the health risks of smoking versus vaping for adults and kids
https://newsroom.uw.edu/postscript/upsides-and-downsides-vaping