Mental health stigma involves marking and discrediting people due to their differences, which can instill feelings of shame or worthlessness. Those with mental health conditions may be labeled ...

Health Communication, Vol. 39, Issue. 11, p. 2319. Stigma and discrimination of people with substance use disorders (SUD) contribute massively to the harm done by their condition: stigma has negative ...

£35 means we can empower more people living with HIV to challenge stigma with our information workshops, videos and broadcasts. Stigma means different things to different people. One dictionary’s ...

Cultural stigma Tencie would encourage anyone with concerns about themselves or a loved one to seek help. ‘There are a lot of people who need help, but they won’t go to the doctor,’ she says. There is ...

“There is a lot of stigma associated with the ostomy … People think of it as sort of an end of their life,” Ananthakrishnan said. In a recent survey of 350 patients with inflammatory bowel ...

Satterfield, Sidney L. and Lloyd-Richardson, Elizabeth E. 2024. Social network stigma of seeking help: influences on psychological distress and flourishing and the role of psychological flexibility.

People are talking about mental health - with each other, on social media, on TV and radio - but has the stigma around mental health gone? How can we make sure we're helping the next generation to ...

While it's shifting, an old-fashioned stigma about age differences in partners lingers in Western culture, says Treena Orchard, an associate professor at Western University School of Health ...