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Editorial
. 2017 Mar;210(3):180-181.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.185421.

Are some of the stigmas of addictions culturally sanctioned?

Patrick Corrigan  1 , Georg Schomerus  2 , David Smelson  2
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Are some of the stigmas of addictions culturally sanctioned?

Patrick Corrigan et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Mar.

Abstract

We provide three examples of how addiction stigma is sanctioned: (a) discrimination against people with addictions is often legal; (b) public health communications frequently use stigma to promote prevention; (c) some programmes, such as '12 steps' promote self-stigma. The implications of sanctioned stigma for stigma-change programmes are then discussed.

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