The Phantom Menace: How Stigma Impacts Health and Wellness

A MEDS Ed seminar

This session of CareOregon Pharmacy’s MEDS Ed program focuses on what we know about stigma and how it impacts people who use substances, most specifically within health care.

Key Session Takeaways

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• Discussing positive media depictions of characters involving SUD: Part 1 – 15:05
• Medical evidence – stigmatization as a predictor of dependence: Part 1 – 27:18
• Stigma towards bereavement – blaming the deceased: Part 1 – 36:36
• When stigma and isolation encourages further drug taking: Part 1 – 40:07
• How people change their behavior to avoid stigma in healthcare setting: Part 1 – 45:18
• Narratives we might carry, regardless of evidence – true or false: Part 1 – 49:00
• Discussing positive media depictions of BIPOC characters involving recovery: Part 1 – 57:50
• Structural and interpersonal barriers to access care among African Americans: Part 1 – 1:03:50

• The layers of the types of stigma – structural, interpersonal, self-stigma: Part 2 – 00:00
• Recap of the layers of stigma: Part 2 – 19:16
• Actionable steps around language: Part 2 – 20:11
• Medical language to use and avoid: Part 2 – 28:48
• Notes on language to help make effective change – connect, don’t correct: Part 2 – 32:20
• Actionable skill-building – Elicit, Provide, Elicit: Part 2 – 34:32

• Q&A: Part 3