This toolbox highlights resources, trainings, assessments, research, and reports regarding stigma.
Training
Stigma Assessment
General Resources on
Stigma and OUD Treatment
- Shatterproof: Ending Addiction Stigma
- CDC: Opioid Overdose Prevention Saves Lives
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Addressing the Stigma that Surrounds Addiction
- American Medical Association (AMA): National Roadmap on State-Level Efforts to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic
- American Hospital Association (AHA): Stem the Tide: Opioid Stewardship Measurement Implementation Guide
Words Matter
- The Recovery Research Institute: The Addictionary®
- American Society of Addiction Medicine: Words Matter: Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking about Addiction
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Words Matter: How Language Choice Can Reduce Stigma
- NIDA: Words Matter: Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction
- Shatterproof: Ending Addiction Stigma
- Associated Press (AP): AP Stylebook, 55th Edition
Reports and Research on Stigma
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine: Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
- American Journal of Medicine: Stop talking ‘dirty’; clinicians, language, and quality of care for the leading cause of preventable death in the US
- National Academy of Medicine (NAM): Improving Access to Evidence-Based Medical Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Strategies to Address Key Barriers Within the Treatment System
- Journal of Drug Issues: Does Our Choice of Substance-Related Terms Influence Perceptions of Treatment Need?
- Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly: Language, Substance Use Disorders, and Policy: The Need to Reach Consensus on an “Addictionary”
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence: Stigma Among Health Professionals Towards Patients with Substance Use Disorders and its Consequences for Healthcare Delivery
- American Journal of Public Health: Stigma as a Fundamental Cause of Population Health Inequities