Blog: New website, interactive modules aim to reduce Opiod Use Disorder stigma
In this first in a series of AHA blogs about reducing stigma, Richard Bottner, a physician assistant and affiliate faculty member at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, and Rebecca Chickey, AHA senior director of behavioral health services, unveil a new website and training to reduce stigma for patients with opioid and other substance use disorders. Read more.
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