Social support is associated with reduced stigma and shame in a sample of rural and small urban adults in methadone treatment

Experiences of healthcare and substance use treatment provider-based stigma among patients receiving methadone

“…These findings highlight the need to change MOUD misconceptions among providers and identify strategies to reduce provider-based stigma. With the continued rise of drug overdose deaths, reducing stigma may help increase treatment utilization ( Broman et al., 2022 ). The findings also provide insight into how the experience or anticipation of stigma from providers can deter seeking treatment, healthcare, and recovery support ( Earnshaw et al., 2013 ; Woo et al., 2017 ).…”

Reducing stigma within pharmacy opioid agonist treatment encounters.

“…Internalized disdain of stigmatizing labels linked to drug use has been shown to worsen social isolation and disadvantage, deepen shame and other negative self-perceptions, impair social functioning over time, and increase perceptions of chronic pain (Broman et al, 2023; DeBeck et al, 2017; Karasz et al, 2004; von Hippel et al, 2017). As being a person who has engaged in illicit drug use or experienced dependence becomes a primary status when accessing OAT, these cognitive and affective processes may inform consumer behaviors in the context of receiving treatment, as well as influence the appraisals they make of service provider behaviors (Anstice et al, 2009; Caruana, in press; Fraser & Valentine, 2008; Radcliffe & Stevens, 2008).…”

Mechanism of online emotional support accompany group for stress: The role of social support

“…A study suggests social support may be an effective coping strategy for psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Marmarosh et al, 2020 ; Rathakrishnan et al, 2022 ). In another study, it was found that perceived social support reduced individual stigma, and therefore personal shame ( Broman et al, 2022 ).…”