Website for Stigma Free West Virginia which works to reduce stigma around individuals with substance use disorders. Includes information about what stigma is and how it affects individual’s and community’s ability to treat substance use disorder and recover from addiction. Includes stories of recovery and links to relevant resources. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Stigma
Shatter Proof
This is the website for Shatterproof, the nation’s largest nonprofit advocacy group with a mission of ending the disease of addiction. Shatterproof educates policymakers, providers and the public about addiction and works to improve substance use disorder treatment and end stigma around addiction. Continue reading
MAT for Opioid Use Disorder – Overcoming Objections
This 2019 report provides evidence based responses to common objections to using medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. Continue reading
Quality Healthcare Is Your Right – A Guide for People Who Use Drugs
This patient education guide was written to help people who use drugs access safe and quality health care. It provides information about the importance of seeking health care when appropriate, provides tips on finding a good health care provider or clinic, how to prepare for healthcare visits, Continue reading
Opioid Use Disorder – A VA Clinician’s Guide to Identification and Management of Opioid Use Disorder
This clinician’s guide from the Veterans Health Administration discusses opioid use disorder (OUD). It includes sections on the need to reduce stigma, how to use accurate and non-judgmental language, how to identify patients with OUD and determine the severity of their condition, how to engage patients in treatment, and how to provide OUD treatment in a primary care setting. Continue reading
Opioids – Do You Know the Truth About Opioid Use Disorder?
This patient brochure from the Veterans Health Administration provides basic information about opioid use disorder and addresses aspects of stigma. It uses a format of posing True or False questions such as: are opioids effective for the long-term management of pain? Is developing opioid use disorder a choice? And is it true that people can never recover from opioid use disorder? Continue reading
Changing Federal Terminology Regarding Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
This January 2017 memorandum from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy alerts federal agency staff to recommended changes in language use related to substance use and substance use disorders. The recommended changes in language use are intended to reduce stigma and support treatment for substance use disorders. Continue reading
Language Matters Infographic
This one page infographic from the Addiction Policy Forum focuses on the importance of using appropriate and non-stigmatizing language when discussing substance use disorders. Continue reading
Celebrate Recovery
Website for Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-Centered 12-step recovery program which offers support meetings, trainings and conferences for people in recovery from addiction. The organization also has specific programs for military personnel and veterans, pastors in recovery, Native Nations, and an initiative to reduce the stigma Continue reading
Recovery Ohio Advisory Council – Initial Report
Recovery Ohio, a group composed of state officials and community representatives, issued this March 2019 report with recommendations to improve the state’s substance use and mental health services continuum of care. The report includes more than 50 recommendations in 8 categories: stigma and education, parity, workforce development, prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery supports, specialty populations including justice-involved individuals and youth, and data measurement and system linkage. Continue reading