title: Developing a research agenda for reducing the stigma of addictions, part II: Lessons from the mental health stigma literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although advocates and providers identify stigma as a major factor in confounding the recovery of people with SUDs, research on addiction stigma is lacking, especially when compared to the substantive literature examining the stigma of mental illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comprehensive review of the stigma literature that yielded empirically supported concepts and methods from the mental health arena was contrasted with the much smaller and mostly descriptive findings from the addiction field. In Part I of this two part paper (American Journal of Addictions, Vol 26, pages 59-66, this issue), constructs and methods from the mental health stigma literature were used to summarize research that seeks to understand the phenomena of addiction stigma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Paper II, we use this summary, as well as the extensive literature on mental illness stigma change, to outline a research program to develop and evaluate strategies meant to diminish impact on public and self-stigma (eg, education and contact).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The paper ends with recommendations for next steps in addiction stigma research. (Am J Addict 2017;26:67-74).
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Corrigan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Greifswald University, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schomerus
authors.affiliation: Midwest Harm Reduction Institute, Heartland Health Outreach, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Valery
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shuman
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perlick
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Autumn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harnish
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kulesza
authors.affiliation: The Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kane-Willis
authors.affiliation: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Sang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smelson
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D063508:Social Discrimination / Q000523:psychology; D057545:Social Stigma; D013240:Stereotyping