The Stigma of Addiction An Essential Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Avery, Jonathan D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Avery, Joseph J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Psychiatry.; Clinical psychology.; General practice (Medicine).; Forensic medicine.; Clinical Psychology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Forensic Medicine.

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 t...

Table of 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.