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Despite the prevalence of mental illness and substance use across Canada, people who live with such experiences are often still met with stigma. Mental health- and substance use-related stigma can have profound consequences on an individual, especially when it comes from health-care providers and first responders. Such stigma is a major barrier to accessing care, treatment, and recovery and has had a particularly negative impact on those affected by the opioid crisis. Stigma and the Opioid Crisis, a Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) qualitative study, reveals a number of key findings on opioid-related stigma: its character (in the context of direct care and response),1 impacts, sources, and promising approaches available for tackling it. What opioid-related stigma looks and feels like Where opioid-related stigma comes from What impacts opioid-related stigma has What promising approaches exist for tackling opioid-related stigmaPurpose
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