Breaking the Soft Stigma of Addiction
- Sep 22, 2025
- 1 min read
OMC's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Frenz was recently featured in the Peer Perspective Podcast about mental health and addiction titled "Breaking Stigma & Expanding Access in Rural Communities."
Dr. Frenz, a board-certified expert in addiction medicine has a deep understanding of how substance use affects individuals and communities. As the head of OMC's mental health and addiction services, Dr. Frenz focuses on ways to reduce barriers to treatment and bring much-needed mental health care to our community.
In this podcast, he talks about the “soft stigma,” associated with medication assisted treatment and why it's time to shift the narrative from "one size fits all" approaches to recovery to the many paths now available to patients.
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The concept of "soft stigma" really captures something important, those subtle dismissals and pitying looks that wound deeper than open hostility because they're harder to name. What struck me most is how families internalize that stigma too, sometimes hiding their loved one's struggles in ways that prevent everyone from healing. Breaking that silence often starts with personal stories, which is partly why this article resonated so strongly. Beyond conversation, exploring memoirs and recovery-focused books gives people both language and hope for what's possible, helping families understand the science behind dependency while reducing the shame that keeps so many from seeking help.
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Wat een ontzettend interessant artikel over het doorbreken van het stigma rondom verslaving, of zoals jullie het noemen, 'breaking the soft stigma'. Ik moet zeggen, de manier waarop dit onderwerp wordt aangesneden, voelt heel oprecht en nodig. Zelf heb ik ook gemerkt dat praten over kwetsbaarheden, hoe klein ook, vaak een hele drempel is. Ik herinner me dat ik laatst met een paar collega's een lastige situatie besprak en het voelde als een enorme opluchting toen we eerlijk durfden te zijn over onze struggles. Dit artikel raakt precies die snaar. Het idee van 'breaking the' als een langetermijnproces is iets waar ik nog niet eerder zo diep over had nagedacht. Is het echt iets wat we op de lange termijn…