The impact of stigma on people with opioid use disorder, opioid treatment, and policy

A Cheetham, L Picco, A Barnett… - Substance abuse and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Illicit drug use disorders are the most stigmatised health conditions worldwide, and stigma
acts as a meaningful barrier to treatment entry and treatment provision. In the context of …

[HTML][HTML] Improving access to evidence-based medical treatment for opioid use disorder: strategies to address key barriers within the treatment system

BK Madras, NJ Ahmad, J Wen, JS Sharfstein - NAM perspectives, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Even though evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders (OUD) is effective, almost
four in five Americans with OUD do not receive any form of treatment. The gap in access to …

Use of medication for opioid use disorder among US adolescents and adults with need for opioid treatment, 2019

PM Mauro, S Gutkind, EM Annunziato… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is the criterion standard treatment for
opioid use disorder (OUD), but nationally representative studies of MOUD use in the US are …

[HTML][HTML] Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and … - 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
On October 30 and 31, 2018, the Committee on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) held a 1.5-day workshop in Washington, DC. To support the …

Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response

AC Tsai, MV Kiang, ML Barnett, L Beletsky… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
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A public health strategy for the opioid crisis

B Saloner, EE McGinty, L Beletsky… - Public Health …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of injury death in the United States. Most overdose
fatalities involve opioids, which include prescription medication, heroin, and illicit fentanyl …

Situating the continuum of overdose risk in the social determinants of health: a new conceptual framework

JN Park, S Rouhani, LEO Beletsky… - The Milbank …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Policy Points This article reconceptualizes our understanding of the opioid epidemic and
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …

Stigma: how it affects the substance use disorder patient

J Zwick, H Appleseth, S Arndt - Substance abuse treatment, prevention …, 2020 - Springer
The stigma surrounding individuals who have substance use disorders is a pervasive
phenomenon that has had detrimental effects on treatment outcomes, health care providers …

Stigma toward substance dependence: Causes, consequences, and potential interventions

AC Krendl, BL Perry - Psychological Science in the Public …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Substance dependence is a prevalent and urgent public health problem. In 2021, 60 million
Americans reported abusing alcohol within the month prior to being surveyed, and nearly 20 …

Intervention stigma: How medication-assisted treatment marginalizes patients and providers

EF Madden - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Methadone and buprenorphine are drugs used to treat opioid use disorders, and are
labeled the “gold standard” of treatment by the National Institutes of Health. Yet associating …