Cyprus Mental Health Institute Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology 1302-7840 2667-8225 2 3 Turkish 2 N N Y 2020 12 01 Full Length Paper Socıal Work Overvıew of The Socıety on The Indıvıdual Usıng Addıctıve Substance: Case of Manisa Turkish Y 148 154 Gözde Yılmaz Turkish 1Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Social Work Turkey yilmazggozde@gmail.com Y 0000-0002-3331-9304 Derya Şaşmaz Kaylı Turkish Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Social Work Turkey N 0000-0001-7949-2332 10.35365/ctjpp.20.03.18 This study was conducted to examine society’s attitudes towards individuals using addictive substances and the factors affecting these attitudes within the framework of the biopsychosocial model and anti-discrimination social service perspective. In thıs descriptive correlational study, was conducted in Manisa city center on a sample of 396 and a questionnaire developed by the researcher was used as data collection tool, and the collected data was analyzed in IBM SPSS 25.0 software program. It had been determined that the participants who have no relatives who have experienced addiction treatment and who use alcohol and drugs, have more social distance and more negative behaviour towards individuals using addictive substances. It had been found that the participants’ use of smoking, alcohol and narcotoc drugs are also important factors affecting their thinkimg and behavior towards these individuals. In thıs respect, micro, mezzo and macro social service interventions, which have a holistic perspective in the field of drug addiction, aim at empowering addicts and increasing their social functionality, facilitating access to resources, and combating existing exclusionary attitudes and political arrangements are also very important in solving this problem. English Addiction, Anti-Discrimination Social Work, Biopsychosocial Model http://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Social-Work-Overview-of-The-Society-on-The-Individual-Using-Addictive-Substance_Case-of-Manisa-3.pdf http://www.ktppdergisi.com/sosyal-hizmet-bakis-acisindan-bagimlilik-yapici-madde-kullanan-bireylere-yonelik-toplumun-bakisi-manisa-ornegi_abstract_tr_/ http://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Social-Work-Overview-of-The-Society-on-The-Individual-Using-Addictive-Substance_Case-of-Manisa-3.pdf Turkish References 153 154