Learn about preferred language for health professionals with NIDAMED: Nora's Blog: Addressing the Stigma that Surrounds Addiction (April 2020).Nora's Blog: What Does It Mean When We Call Addiction a Brain Disorder? (March 2018).3 If you’re not sure what words to use, just ask! Check in with friends or loved ones about how they refer to themselves and how they would like others to refer to them. Let people choose how they are described.4 For example, “person with a substance use disorder” has a neutral tone and separates the person from his or her disorder. It focuses on removing words that define a person by their condition or have negative meanings. Use person-first language, which focuses on the person-not their illness.See the table below for some helpful tips to get started. When talking to or about people with SUD, make sure to use words that aren’t stigmatizing.View Transcript How can we make a change? Negative stereotypes about people with SUD can make others feel pity, fear, and even anger.Feeling stigmatized can make people with SUD less willing to seek treatment.We also know that people can recover and continue to lead healthy lives. Today, we know that addiction is a chronic, treatable medical condition. Stigma around addiction may come from old and inaccurate ideas, or fear of things that are different or misunderstood. Stigma about people with substance use disorders might include inaccurate or unfounded thoughts like: they are dangerous, incapable of managing treatment, or at fault for their condition. Stigma is a discrimination against an identifiable group of people, a place, or a nation.
Read on to learn more about what stigma is, how it affects people with SUD, and how you can help make a change. 9 With simple changes in language harmful stigma and negativity around SUD can be reduced or avoided. Often unintentionally, many people still talk about addiction in ways that are stigmatizing-meaning they use words that can portray someone with a substance use disorder (SUD) in a shameful or negative way and may prevent them from seeking treatment. Addiction is a chronic but treatable medical condition.
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