International Statement Recommending Against the Use of Terminology That Can Stigmatize People.
International Statement Recommending Against the Use of Terminology That Can Stigmatize People.
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国际声明建议反对使用可能侮辱他人的术语。
DOI:
10.1097/adm.0000000000000178
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
R. Saitz
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作者:
R. Saitz
J ournal of Addiction Medicine has been encouraging the use of precise and nonstigmatizing terminology (Saitz, 2015 and http://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Pages/informationforauthors.aspx#languageandterminologyguidance). As a member journal of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE), we endorse the statement made by ISAJE regarding the use of terminology that stigmatizes that appears below, here http://www.parint.org/isajewebsite/ (the ISAJE website), and may be published simultaneously in a number of member journals. The statement, verbatim, is as follows: ‘‘The International Society of Addiction Journal Editors recommends against the use of terminology that can stigmatize people who use alcohol, drugs, other addictive substances or who have addictive behavior. Rationale: Terms that stigmatize can affect the perception and behavior of patients/ clients, their loved ones, the general public, scientists, and clinicians (Kelly et al., 2010; Broyles et al., 2014; Kelly et al., 2015). For example, Kelly and Westerhoff (2010) found that the terms used to refer to individuals with substance-related conditions affected clinician perceptions. Clinicians who read a clinical vignette about ‘‘abuse’’ and an ‘‘abuser’’ agreed more with notions of personal culpability and an approach that involved punishment than did those who read an identical vignette that replaced ‘‘abuse’’ and ‘‘abuser’’ with ‘‘substance use disorder’’ and ‘‘person with a substance use disorder.’’ The International Society of Addiction Journal Editors is aware that terminology in the addiction field varies across cultures and countries and over time. It is thus not possible to give globally relevant recommendations about the use or nonuse of specific terms. ‘‘Abuse’’ and ‘‘abuser’’ or equivalent words in other languages should, however, in general, be avoided, unless there is particular scientific justification (an example of scientific justification of the use of ‘‘abuse’’ is when referring to a person who meets criteria for a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (4th ed., text rev.; DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2000), alcohol abuse; that person would be said to have ‘‘alcohol abuse’’. Another example of stigmatizing language is describing people as ‘‘dirty’’ (or ‘‘clean’’) because of a urinalysis that finds the presence (or absence) of a drug (Kelly et al., 2015). Instead, the test results and clinical condition should be described.’’ The above was approved by the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors at its 2015 annual meeting (Budapest, Hungary, August 31–September 2, 2015).