Contact reduces substance use stigma through bad character attributions, especially for U.S. health care professionals.
Lucas J HamiltonMax E ColemanAnne C KrendlPublished in: Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors (2023)
Health care professionals and the general population may hold similar levels of stigma when accounting for attributions, and personal contact plays an important role. We discuss the implications of these results for stigma-reduction campaigns and emphasize deconstructing personal culpability narratives surrounding substance use disorders. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).