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Direct linkNeale, Joanne; Nettleton, Sarah; Pickering, Lucy – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2011
In this commentary, we critically review the contribution of the sociologist Erving Goffman (1922-1982) to understanding recovery from problem drug use. Previous research has indicated that drug users have a "spoiled identity" and must restore a "normal" or "unspoiled" identity in order to recover. This argument has been linked to Goffman's…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Sociology, Self Concept, Drug Rehabilitation
Lloyd, Charlie – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2013
Background: A stigma is a long-lasting mark of social disgrace that has a profound effect on interactions between the stigmatized and the unstigmatized. Factors governing the extent of stigmatization attached to an individual include the perceived danger posed by that person and the extent to which she/he is seen as being to blame for the stigma.…
Descriptors: Specialists, Drug Use, Social Bias, Negative Attitudes
