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National Institutes of health: Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma

National Institutes of health: Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma

July 28, 2021: In a perspective published in Neuropsychopharmacology, leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help to reduce stigma and improve how people with these conditions are treated in health care settings and throughout society.

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