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The Stigma of Addiction : An Essential Guide / edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medicine (Springer-11650)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychiatry.
- Clinical psychology.
- General practice (Medicine).
- Medical jurisprudence.
- Clinical Psychology.
- General Practice / Family Medicine.
- Forensic Medicine.
- Local Subjects:
- Psychiatry.
- Clinical Psychology.
- General Practice / Family Medicine.
- Forensic Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (X, 220 pages) : 8 illustrations, 6 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2019.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professionals who work with individuals with substance use disorders and lay persons seeking to combat stigma and promote recovery. The Stigma of Addiction is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, students across specialties, researchers, public health officials, and individuals with substance use disorders and their families. .
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Self-Stigma and Addiction
- Family, Stigma, and Addiction
- Relationships, Stigma, and Addiction
- The Language of Stigma and Addiction
- Doctors, Stigma, and Addiction
- The Stigma of Addiction Treatments
- Race, Stigma, and Addiction
- The Legal System, Stigma, and Addiction
- The Stigma of Addiction in the Workplace
- The Stigma of Addiction in the Media.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-02580-9
- 9783030025809
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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