Learning Outcomes:

• Describe stigma and its potential impact, as well as the practical strategies to address it.
• Describe how physician/clinician attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders can impact recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of patients.
  
• Illustrate care that is free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, nationality, ethnicity, indigenous or social origin, property, birth, age, or other status.
  
• Discuss how to provide care in a way that respects the dignity of the person and is culturally sensitive and appropriate.
  
• Discuss how to minimize stigma, marginalization, and discrimination, and promote the social inclusion of people with mental, neurological, and substance use disorders by fostering strong links with employment, educational, social (including housing), and other relevant sectors.
  

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