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The Stigma of Addiction

An Essential Guide

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Editors:
  1. Jonathan D. Avery

    1. Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

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  2. Joseph J. Avery

    1. Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

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  • Covers multiple aspects of against individuals struggling with addiction
  • Takes a reader-friendly approach to understanding addiction stigma across settings and demographics
  • Written by experts in the field

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery
    Pages 1-4

  3. Self-Stigma and Addiction

    • Steve Matthews
    Pages 5-32

  4. “Bad Parents,” “Codependents,” and Other Stigmatizing Myths About Substance Use Disorder in the Family

    • Carrie Wilkens, Jeffrey Foote
    Pages 33-53

  5. The Stigma of Addiction in Romantic Relationships

    • Lindsey M. Rodriguez, Lauren Prestwood
    Pages 55-69

  6. The Language of Stigma and Addiction

    • Sarah E. Wakeman
    Pages 71-80

  7. The Stigma of Addiction in the Medical Community

    • Jonathan D. Avery
    Pages 81-92

  8. Stigma and Addiction Treatment

    • Linda Richter, Lindsey Vuolo, Mithra S. Salmassi
    Pages 93-130

  9. Race, Stigma, and Addiction

    • Sonia Mendoza, Alexandrea E. Hatcher, Helena Hansen
    Pages 131-152

  10. Addiction Stigma in the US Legal System

    • Joseph J. Avery
    Pages 153-166

  11. The Stigma of Addiction in the Workplace

    • Ann Roche, Victoria Kostadinov, Ken Pidd
    Pages 167-199

  12. Stigma of Addiction in the Media

    • Emma E. McGinty, Alene Kennedy-Hendricks, Colleen L. Barry
    Pages 201-214

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 215-220
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About this book

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.

 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

    Jonathan D. Avery

  • Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    Joseph J. Avery

About the editors

Jonathan D. Avery, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College
525 East 68th Street, Box 140
New York, NY 10065

 

Joseph J. Avery, J.D., M.A.
Department of Psychology
Princeton University
522 Peretsman Scully Hall
Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Stigma of Addiction

  • Book Subtitle: An Essential Guide

  • Editors: Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02580-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02579-3Published: 22 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02580-9Published: 09 January 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Forensic Medicine

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