Beyond Stigma: Treating Pain in Opioid Use Disorder
Overview
This animated video was created to explore the impact of stigma on all aspects of treatment for people living with opioid use disorder. It was created in collaboration with academics, clinicians, and people with lived experience. This video was endorsed and disseminated widely to both national and international audiences.
A discussion guide and worksheets (printer and PDF-friendly versions) are available to help facilitate reflection and discussion of the video:
Production of this video has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada
Beyond Stigma © 2021
by Subject Matter Health Research Lab
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Project Team
Animation and Direction: Lily Fang
Sound and Music: Oliver Lewis
ER Doctor: Denise Halfyard
Methadone Doctor: Mark Lee
Primary Care Doctor: Akosua Agyeman
Abhimanyu Sud, MD
Jacqueline Myers, BSP
Kirsten Dixon, MD
Kristan Ellis MacDonald, NP
Pamela Sabioni, PhD
Sean LeBlanc
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Rx Files
Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Wagmatcook First Nation
Nova Scotia Health
DUAL
Pain BC
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
Canadian Mental Health Association
Project ECHO
Community Addictions Peer Support Association
Assets
Funding
Au-delà des Préjugés
Les préjugés affectent tous les aspects du traitement des personnes ayant un trouble lié à l’utilisation d’opioïdes. Cette vidéo d’animation explore leur incidence et les façons de les combattre, ensemble.
Beyond Stigma: Nurturing Circles of Care (Captions in Inuktitut, Mi’kmaq, English, and French)
Stigma impacts all aspects of treatment for people living with opioid use disorder. This animated video explores how the impacts of stigma are further compounded for Indigenous peoples due to the effects of institutional racism and colonialism, and how we can work together to move beyond stigma.