Stigma towards substance use continues to exacerbate the opioid crisis and its detrimental
effects, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year. Reducing substance use stigma …

Background Stigma toward substance use disorders reduces treatment seeking and
recovery efforts of persons who could most benefit from services. This is particularly true for …

Substance use stigma makes it difficult to reframe the opioid crisis as a public health issue
and has been a barrier to accessing life-saving treatments. Interventions using people that …

Introduction: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a critical health issue in the USA. Pennsylvania
has the third highest number of drug overdose deaths per year, with the COVID-19 …

Stigma Reduction to Combat the Addiction Crisis Using “person-first” language and
sympathetic narratives and emphasizing solutions and societal rather than individual causes …

Introduction Stigma is a barrier to accessing treatment and support services for individuals
with substance use disorder. Stigma is negatively associated with completion of treatment …

Background Prescription opioid and heroin use and addiction is a local, national, and
worldwide epidemic plaguing over 11 million people. Attitudes toward substance use among …

While people who abuse substances experience widespread health and social
consequences stemming from their substance use, these consequences also extend to their …

Opioid misuse is a prevalent health problem in the United States with consequences
extending past the person who misuses opioids to affected family members (AFM) through …

Introduction A substantial, national need exists for culturally acceptable, accessible opioid
use disorder (OUD) treatment. Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is regarded as …