Resources
Websites:
1-844-HELP4WV
https://www.help4wv.com/
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration
https://www.samhsa.gov/
West Virginia: It’s Who We Are
https://wearewv.org/
Distorted Perceptions: a campaign to challenge myths and misperceptions about mental illness and addictions
http://www.distortedperceptions.org/
Dose of Justice: Putting a Face to the Opioid Epidemic
https://doseofjustice.org/
Faces of Recovery
https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/
AHA: Behavioral Health – Combating Stigma
https://www.aha.org/2017-12-11-behavioral-health-combating-stigma
AHA: Addressing Stigma
https://www.aha.org/bibliographylink-page/2018-09-28-addressing-stigma
PCSS: Addiction, Stigma, and Discrimination: Implications for Treatment and Recovery
https://pcssnow.org/event/addiction-stigma-and-discrimination-implications-for-treatment-and-recovery/
ShatterProof: Stigma
https://www.shatterproof.org/about-addiction/stigma
Webinar: Improving the Language and Coverage of Addiction
https://elearning.asam.org/products/webinar-improving-the-language-and-coverage-of-addiction
Articles:
Words Matter: How Language Choice Can Reduce Stigma
https://stigmafreewv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/SAMHSA-sud-stigma-tool.pdf
Communicating About Addiction: Accuracy or Alienation?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-recovery-101/201801/communicating-about-addiction-accuracy-or-alienation#_=_
Patients with Addiction Need Treatment – Not Stigma
https://www.asam.org/resources/publications/magazine/read/article/2015/12/15/patients-with-a-substance-use-disorder-need-treatment—not-stigma
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/bbcss/evidence_for_stigma_change/?_ga=2.232730079.1166417972.1517367583-982995234.1517367583
Changing Federal Terminology Regarding Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Memo%20-%20Changing%20Federal%20Terminology%20Regrading%20Substance%20Use%20and%20Substance%20Use%20Disorders.pdf
Anti-Stigma Toolkit: A Guide to Reducing Addiction-Related Stigma
https://attcnetwork.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/Anti-Stigma%20Toolkit.pdf
Webinar: No Wrong Door-Breaking down stigma and barriers to addressing OUD (Dr. Terry Horton 01.18.19)
Download presentation slides here.