Stigma and Addiction Treatment

Richter, Linda; Vuolo, Lindsey; Salmassi, Mithra S.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02580-9_7

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“…As in other domains, we found that higher levels of biological essentialism is generally associated with more stigma for addiction. This contradicts the prediction of addiction researchers, that providing biological explanations for addiction would create a more sympathetic view of addiction (Richter et al, 2019). However, those views have generally been related to perceptions of addiction treatment, while our research focused on stigma toward individuals with addiction more generally.…”

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“…Biological essentialism is associated with the perception that category membership is discrete and immutable (Haslam et al, 2000). The perception of addiction as immutable is a hallmark belief of addiction stigma (Ben-Zeev et al, 2010; Richter et al, 2019). This view may motivate punishment rather than health-based treatment (Richter et al, 2019).…”

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“…These factors might include the association between addiction and crime, and a focus on more honest reporting in the media about addiction (Cohn et al, 2020). Finding effective pathways to reducing stigma will lead to better outcomes for individuals with addiction seeking treatment (Earnshaw et al, 2013;Richter et al, 2019).…”

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Priming genetic explanations for addiction weakens the relationship between biological essentialism and stigma

Siddiqui

Rutherford

2022

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Drug addiction is stigmatized, and this stigma contributes to poor outcomes for individuals with addiction. Researchers have argued that providing genetic explanations of addiction will reduce stigma (Richter et al., 2019), but there has been limited research testing this. We presented participants with news articles that either provided genetic or anti-genetic explanations of addiction. Participants’ biological essentialism correlated with stigma in the context of both opioid and methamphetamine addiction. However, this relationship was attenuated when participants were presented with news articles that provided a genetic explanation for addiction. This suggests that the relationship between essentialism and stigma is malleable.

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Priming genetic explanations for addiction weakens the relationship between biological essentialism and stigma

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Rutherford

2022

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“…The perception of addiction as immutable is a hallmark belief of addiction stigma (Ben-Zeev et al, 2010;Richter et al, 2019). This view may motivate punishment rather than health-based treatment (Richter et al, 2019). Additionally, the belief that addiction is a discrete category highlights the difference between individuals with addiction disorders and individuals without.…”

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“…Essentialism is associated with the perception that category membership is discrete and immutable (Haslam et al, 2000). The perception of addiction as immutable is a hallmark belief of addiction stigma (Ben-Zeev et al, 2010;Richter et al, 2019). This view may motivate punishment rather than health-based treatment (Richter et al, 2019).…”

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Belief that addiction is a discrete category is a stronger correlate with stigma than the belief that addiction is biologically based

Siddiqui

Rutherford

2022

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Background Drug addiction is stigmatized, and this stigma contributes to poor outcomes for individuals with addiction. Researchers have argued that providing genetic explanations of addiction will reduce stigma (Richter et al., 2019), but there has been limited research testing this prediction. Methods We presented participants with news articles that either provided genetic or anti-genetic explanations of addiction. Results Participants’ biological essentialism correlated with stigma in the context of both opioid and methamphetamine addiction. However, participants’ non-biological essentialism was a significantly stronger correlate with stigma. Conclusions This suggests that other essentialist beliefs, like belief that categories are discrete, may be more useful than biological essentialism for understanding addiction stigma.

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Factors influencing stigma among healthcare professionals towards people who use illicit drugs in Japan: A quantitative study

Katayama

Sugiura²,

Fujishiro³

et al. 2023

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AimStigma among healthcare professionals toward people who use drugs (PWUDs) must be addressed for recovery. However, research on this topic is limited in Japan, therefore we developed a brand‐new scale through coproduction with PWUDs to measure stigma and conducted a survey using the developed scale to examine what influences stigma towards PWUDs in Japanese healthcare settings.MethodsBased on interviews with PWUDs and their families, we developed a survey containing 24 questions on stigma toward PWUDs. The survey was sent to healthcare professionals working in the public sector. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted to determine the factor construct. Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) analyses with each factor of the stigma questions set as a dependent variable were conducted to discover the specific contribution of each variable to professionals' stigma.ResultsThe six factors suggested by the EFA showed a good fit, as confirmed by the CFA of the stigma questions. GLMM discovered that “currently providing treatment services to PWUDs,” “having PWUDs close to themselves,” and “experiencing violence by the client when providing treatment services” were significantly associated with higher stigma scale scores. “Experience in receiving support,” “attending self‐help groups,” and “using peer‐based recovery support with PWUDs” were significantly associated with lower stigma scale scores.ConclusionThe scale coproduced with local PWUDs can be a reliable tool to measure the stigma PWUDs face in Japan. Further results indicate that interaction with recovered PWUDs should be promoted.

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Stigma and Addiction Treatment

Cited by 20 publications

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Priming genetic explanations for addiction weakens the relationship between biological essentialism and stigma

Priming genetic explanations for addiction weakens the relationship between biological essentialism and stigma

Belief that addiction is a discrete category is a stronger correlate with stigma than the belief that addiction is biologically based

Factors influencing stigma among healthcare professionals towards people who use illicit drugs in Japan: A quantitative study

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