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OLLI Presents - The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Lecture Series

Submitted by Wiliam Lorfing on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:54pm
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OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, presents recordings of various lectures presented through their program at UC Davis.  For more information see: http://extension.ucdavis.edu/unit/osher_lifelong_learning_institute/

Produced by Bill Lorfing and Romain Nelson, with the assistance of Davis Media Access.

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The Road to Recovery - Language Matters - Talking About Addiction and Recovery

Submitted by Davis Joint Uni... on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 10:51am
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How we communicate about addiction, treatment and recovery to people seeking and receiving help and individuals living in long-term recovery makes a difference.  Words have the power to help and heal, but also to discriminate and stigmatize.  Some terms have a negative connotation ("abuse" or "addict") that stigmatize people with an illness as well as those who provide the treatment and recovery services.  Other terms ("person in long-term recovery" or "substance abuse disorder") identify individuals and their illness with dignity and respect.  This episode will address the language that w