Self-stigma has long been a subject of curiosity for me, both in my clinical work and my own life experience. There is a ...

Stigma, or negative judgment that centers on specific traits, can have long lasting consequences. Here's why it happens and how to handle it.

Feeling ashamed of or denying depression may only cause more suffering. Here’s a simple way to battle that self-stigma.

Stigma against schizophrenia and other mental illnesses persists around the world. Here’s what that prejudice looks like and what you can do.

Both types of stigma hold us back from addressing mental health as a major global health and social issue. Anti-stigma campaigns among the general population can be helpful for both types of stigma.

“It is time to end all forms of stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions,” editorialized the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet earlier this mont… ...

Stemming the return of syphilis will require counteracting stigma, which causes critical failures in health care access and delivery.

As such, the types of policies and laws that house structural stigma against people with SUD are diverse, with assorted and far-reaching implications for health.

What Are the Cultural, Gender-Based, and Racial Aspects of Stigma? Society tends to blend opiate use stigma with other types of bias and discrimination.

On July 8, a group of private organizations led by The Platform News (TPN), along with some government agencies, launched Project Stigma. It is a private-public initiative that seeks to address the ...

Majority of people with long Covid ‘report experiencing some form of stigma’ An estimated 2.1 million people are living with long Covid in the UK.