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.