Commentary: Addiction, Stigma, and Neurodiversity

• Published in: Evaluation & the health professions Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 186 - 191
• Main Author: Sussman, Steve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2021; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Addictions; Attribution; Behavior, Addictive; Drug addiction; Humans; Language; Life opportunities; Neurodiversity; Neurology; Social Stigma; Stigma; Vulnerability; stigma; stereotypes; disease; neurodiversity; addiction

The addictions are subject to a great deal of stigma, the constituents of which include negative attributions such as being immoral, weak-willed, or sick. Negative outcomes include exclusion from positive life opportunities. In this commentary, I briefly discuss the definition of stigma, descriptors...