Posts by Emily A. Hennessy, PhD
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Youth In Recovery Express Internalized Stigma and Resilience
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found many adolescents in recovery experience internalized stigma and endorse stigmatized attitudes toward people who use alcohol and other drugs. These youth need safe places to disclose their status to people who understand their experience and will support their sobriety.
Biography
Emily A. Hennessy, PhD, is associate director of biostatistics at the Recovery Research Institute in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an assistant professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.