The shame spiral of addiction: Negative self-conscious emotion and substance use.

Abigail W BatchelderTiffany R GlynnJudith T MoskowitzTorsten B NeilandsSamantha DilworthSara L RodriguezAdam W Carrico

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Shame and guilt are barriers to reducing stimulant use, and expanded efforts are needed to mitigate the deleterious effects of these self-conscious emotions in recovery from a stimulant use disorder.

Keyphrases

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