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*The results of a separate manual search (n = 110) on the Wiley Online Database showed that approximately 30% of articles used the term "alcoholic" in a stigmatizing manner. | *The results of a separate manual search (n = 110) on the Wiley Online Database showed that approximately 30% of articles used the term "alcoholic" in a stigmatizing manner. | ||
*Stigmatizing language can perpetuate negative biases against people with alcohol use disorder. We encourage researchers to shift away from language that maintains discriminatory conceptions of alcohol use disorder. Reducing stigma has the potential to increase rates of treatment seeking and improve treatment outcomes for individuals with alcohol use disorder. | *Stigmatizing language can perpetuate negative biases against people with alcohol use disorder. We encourage researchers to shift away from language that maintains discriminatory conceptions of alcohol use disorder. Reducing stigma has the potential to increase rates of treatment seeking and improve treatment outcomes for individuals with alcohol use disorder. | ||
===2021: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-021-01069-4.epdf Choosing appropriate language to reduce the stigma aroundmental illness and substance use disorders]=== | |||
*"The words we use to describe mental illnesses and substance usedisorders (addiction to alcohol and other legal and illegal drugs) canimpact the likelihood that people will seek help and the quality ofthe help they receive. Research indicates that stigma—negativeattitudes toward people based on distinguishing characteristics—contributes in multiple ways to poorer health outcomes; conse-quently, it has been identified as a critical focus for research andinterventions" | |||
*"Stigma is particularly difficult to eliminate, even witheducational and other interventions, and carefully consideredlanguage is only one part of addressing it. But it is also one ofthe most immediate ways in which researchers and others whocommunicate about stigmatized conditions can effect change." | |||
===2021: [https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-aamc-equity-guide.pdf Advancing Health Equity: Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts]=== | ===2021: [https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-aamc-equity-guide.pdf Advancing Health Equity: Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts]=== | ||
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