language

Anti-Stigma Language Guide

Guide

We’re really pleased to launch our first report on stigma and language, which you can read on this page or download here. We hope it will be a useful guide for organisations that are less familiar with the drug and alcohol treatment sector...

Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction

ISSUP Webinar

19 August 2025

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction.'

Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction

19 August 2025

Online

ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, invites you to the upcoming webinar titled 'Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction.'

The Power of Words: A Deep Dive into the Language of Addiction

ISSUP Webinar

27 February 2024

ISSUP Global presents its webinar on the Language of Addiction.

The Power of Words: A Deep Dive into the Language of Addiction

27 February 2024

Staffordshire

United Kingdom

ISSUP cordially invites you to an upcoming webinar on February 27th, 2024 on the language of Addiction

Addiction Language Guide

Guide

The Addiction Language Guide serves as a comprehensive resource designed to address and combat stigmatizing language associated with addiction. Stigmatizing language often involves attaching negative labels and stereotypes to specific...

HEAL Connections Sharing Session Two-Part Series: Inclusive Language, Imagery, and Storytelling for Addiction and Pain Researcher Teams

Webinar

Overview This Sharing Session was part one of a two-part series focusing on helping HEAL addiction researchers use language, imagery, and storytelling in respectful ways that engage all stakeholders. View the session slides

Words Matter Language Guide

Book

The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use takes many...

Language Matters: Contemporary Discursive Construction of Alcohol Use

Video and audio recordings

This talk draws upon research surrounding the prominent discourses used to account for alcohol use across a range of contexts. Analysis considers the impact of these constructions in attributing blame and the associated stigma for alcohol...

Language matters: Contemporary discursive constructions of alcohol use.

17 February 2021

Online

Wednesday 17th February 2020, 1-2pm

Claire Melia: 'Language matters: Contemporary discursive constructions of alcohol use.' This talk draws upon research surrounding the prominent discourses used to account for alcohol use across a range of contexts. Analysis considers the impact of these constructions in attributing blame and the associated stigma for alcohol use issues.