Taking Healthcare by Storm Podcast: Episodes About Opioid Use Disorder
Dr. Jean Storm conducted interviews for three podcasts, featuring four individuals who are actively involved in opioid use disorder (OUD) recovery and who are in recovery themselves. These individuals shared their personal recovery journeys and discussed how their experiences are now helping others with OUD across Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The podcasts explore various long-term recovery options, addressing the stigma and challenges in accessing treatment.
Caring for Providers after Exposure to Traumatic Events
In this Qsource webinar, Lyndsey White, LCSW, discusses the process of moving from a stressed organization to a resilient workplace culture through a collaborative effort. The session explores strategies that can be adapted and used to assist healthcare organizations in crafting a community of wellness while containing the direct and indirect costs of employee turnover and stress-related leaves of absence. Ms. White is the Director of Mental Health and SUD for the Indiana Primary Healthcare Association.
Stigma Reduction Webinars with Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and Shatterproof
These one-hour webinars address different aspects of stigma associated with substance use disorders, from the language used to social attitudes and behaviors. The second webinar introduces an innovative stigma index that measured Connecticut residents’ attitudes toward people with opioid use disorder.
Rural Community Action Guide: Building Stronger, Healthy, Drug-Free Rural Communities
Section 1 of this compilation of qualitative data collected from organizations serving rural communities describes how stigma acts as a barrier to obtaining substance use disorder treatment, alienates families who fear judgement and isolation and creates division in tight-knit rural communities.
Case Studies: Stigma Reduction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) group summarizes the outcomes of two CDC-funded training programs in Vermont designed to reduce stigma among emergency personnel toward people with substance use disorders.
A Movement to End Addiction Stigma
Shatterproof identifies four forms of stigma associated with opioid use disorder: public stigma, structural stigma, self-stigma, and stigma against medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). It includes a conceptual framework for combatting addiction stigma – and numerous, practical suggestions on how to impart that change.