<unk>  are harm reduction-based health care centers targeted towards people who use substances. "Low-threshold"<unk>  are<unk>  that make minimal demands on the patient, offering services without attempting to control their intake of drugs, and providing counselling only if requested.<unk><unk><unk>  may be contrasted with "high-threshold"<unk> , which require the user to accept a certain level of control and which demand that the patient accept counselling and cease all drug use as a precondition of support.<unk>  are distinct from simple needle exchange<unk> , and may include comprehensive healthcare and counseling services. The International Journal of Drug Policy in its volume 24 published an Editorial which endeavoured to define a service known to be "low-threshold", based on some popular and known criteria. According to that Editorial,<unk><unk>  services for drug users can be defined as those which offer services to drug users; do not impose abstinence from drug use as a condition of service access; and endeavour to reduce other documented barriers to service access. Beyond comprehensive needle exchange services, other examples of<unk><unk> , community-based<unk>  include those that support people who use alcohol or drugs to consider positive or health protective changes without a demand for "recovery," such as those piloted in New York City in the 1990s as "recovery readiness" efforts to bolster HIV prevention.
Low-threshold treatment programs
Clubhouse model of psychosocial rehabilitation
Suicide intervention
Assertive community treatment
Self-help groups for mental health
Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities
Virtual reality in telerehabilitation
Charity care