Fear of stigma mediates the relationship between internalized stigma and treatment-seeking among individuals with substance use problems

MB Benz, KB Cabrera, N Kline, LS Bishop… - Substance use & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Despite the high prevalence and significant health consequences of substance
use disorders, rates of treatment seeking are low. Identifying as an “addict” caries a …

Opioid use-related stigma and health care decision-making.

RL Brown, E Batty, M Lofwall, M Kiviniemi… - Psychology of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Stigma is described as highly relevant to the treatment context for opioid use
disorder (OUD) partly because it is known to influence providers' treatment decisions and …

Letting the sun shine on patient voices: Perspectives about medications for opioid use disorder in Florida

A Sharp, M Carlson, V Howell, K Moore… - Journal of substance …, 2021 - Elsevier
The 2017 declaration of the opioid overdose epidemic as a public health emergency in the
United States enhanced a national focus on effective and sustainable treatments for opioid …

Stigmatize the use, not the user? Attitudes on opioid use, drug injection, treatment, and overdose prevention in rural communities

JM Ezell, S Walters, SR Friedman, R Bolinski… - Social science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stigma is a known barrier to treating substance use disorders and dramatically diminishes
the quality of life of people who use drugs (PWUD) nonmedically. Stigma against PWUD …

Stigma and social support in pharmaceutical opioid treatment populations: A scoping review

S Cooper, S Nielsen - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2017 - Springer
Pharmaceutical opioid (PO) use and harms are increasing dramatically. Treatment related
stigma may present as a treatment barrier for people who use PO. Additionally, differences …

Expanding language choices to reduce stigma: A Delphi study of positive and negative terms in substance use and recovery

RD Ashford, A Brown, B Curtis - Health Education, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Public perception has been found to be influenced by the words used to describe
those with behavioral health disorders, such that using terms like “substance abuser” can …

“I am not a junkie”: Social categorization and differentiation among people who use drugs

AL Sibley, R Baker, XA Levander, A Rains… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Substance use stigma is a form of group-based exclusion, and delineating
pathways from stigma to poor health requires a deeper understanding of the social …

“A life lived”: Collective memory and white racial framing in digital opioid overdose obituaries

K Revier - Contemporary Drug Problems, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
With a rise in overdose deaths in the United States, opioid awareness has come in a variety
of ways. One of these, as reporters suggest, is obituary writing. Obituaries are considered in …

The association between perceived stigma and substance use disorder treatment outcomes: a review

KA Crapanzano, R Hammarlund, B Ahmad… - Substance abuse and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Substance use disorders (SUDs) take a heavy toll on those who have them and on society
more broadly. These disorders are often difficult to treat, and relapse is common. Perhaps …

Treatment experiences among people who use opioids: A social ecological approach

LS Kahn, ML Wozniak, T Doscher… - Qualitative Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) and surge in overdose deaths remain key
public health concerns. Despite evidence supporting the efficaciousness of medications for …