A new era of addiction treatment amplifies the stigma of disease and treatment for individuals with obesity

摘要

Case: a female patient at the Mass General Weight ManagementCenter presented for a telephone consultation. She reporteddistress arising from a bariatric preoperative evaluation duringwhich she was characterized as a drug addict because of hermedication history that included naltrexone. The drug wasprescribed in combination with bupropion to treat her obesity,not a drug or alcohol addiction.