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- Title
Confronting the Stigma of Opioid Use Disorder- and Its Treatment.
- Authors
Olsen, Yngvild; Sharfstein, Joshua M.
- Abstract
The authors explore the need to confront the stigma associated with opioid use disorder and its medical treatment. Topics discussed include achieving a holistic recovery that enables affected individuals to live productive and fulfilled lives, managing the symptoms of a chronic illness that has no cure, and factors contributing to the stigma of opioid use disorder and its treatment with medications. Also mentioned are ways for health care practitioners to counter stigma.
- Subjects
OPIOID abuse; DRUG abuse treatment; MEDICAL care of people with drug addiction; SOCIAL stigma; THERAPEUTICS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2014, Vol 311, Issue 14, p1393
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2014.2147