A key conclusion from this review is that stigmatisation matters. We feel rejection exquisitely because we are deeply social in our makeup and are unavoidably responsive to the behaviours, expressions and words of others. Stigmatisation therefore has a serious impact on the lives of those it afflicts. . . . To be a problem drug user, addict, junkie or drug abuser is to have a master status that greatly affects one’s interactions with others: with members of the public, nurses, doctors, pharmacists and police officers alike. It is a status that obscures all others, and it is a status that frequently incites disgust, anger, judgment and censure in others. No wonder then that stigmatisation has a profound effect on drug users: certainly on their sense of self-worth and probably on their ability to escape addiction.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Stigma lit review
A lengthy review of research on stigma and addiction:
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This is not directly about stigma, but it links in with the stigma attached to medication assisted recovery (whatever that is). I think you'll find it interesting.
http://www.addictiontoday.org/addictiontoday/2010/09/the-road-to-recovery-where-are-we-going-and-how-do-we-get-there.html
Thanks. Good to hear from you!
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