<p>Addiction is one of society’s most misunderstood and rebuked health conditions. That stigma discourages many people from seeking treatment for substance dependence, according to a new report published in <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/default+domain/ZDFPNYK5QRKYUYDAUXAT/full" target="_blank"><em>Psychological Science in the Public Interest</em></a>, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. </p>