The seven main types of stigma include public, self, perceived, label, structural, health practitioner, and associative. It involves assigning people with certain traits and can have harmful effects ...

In recent years substance-related overdoses, many of which involve opioids, have contributed to more deaths than car accidents. Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a medical condition that continues to be ...

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

Humor can make difficult topics easier to talk about—but it can also reinforce the stigma it seems to challenge. Here’s what ...

Excerpted from "The Harm Reduction Gap: Helping Individuals Left Behind by Conventional Drug Prevention and Abstinence-Only Addiction Treatment" by Sheila P. Vakharia ...

MUSCATINE, TN, UNITED STATES, February 27, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Stop HIV Iowa, in partnership with Muscatine County Public Health, presents “Shifting Perspectives: From Stigma to Solutions,” a ...

Bipolar disorder presents unique challenges for those affected, but research increasingly shows that stigma surrounding the condition often creates additional hurdles that prevent individuals from ...

Our understanding of substance use disorders as chronic but treatable health conditions has come a long way since the dark days when they were thought of as character flaws — or worse. Yet societal ...

Based on the most recent statistics from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.4 million Americans (16.8%) aged 12 and older were diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD) in the ...

Stigma can be defined, studied, and measured. When stigma is promoted through the organizations and systems that govern daily life, it is called structural stigma. Stigma itself is a powerful social ...