Self-stigma or internalized stigma is when an individual with mental illness internalizes these negative attitudes. Institutional stigma is systemic and includes laws or policies from the ...

Social housing stigma affects mental health and holds the people who live there back. The negative stereotypes must be challenged.

A recent study that examined posts on dementia caregiving found that there was a rise in tweets featuring dementia-related stigmatization especially in North America during and after the COVID-19 ...

Citations: Wang, Cynthia, J.A. Whitson, Eric Anicich, L Kray, Adam Galinsky. 2017. Challenge your stigma: How to reframe and revalue negative stereotypes and slurs ...

The latest news and research on experiences of stigma Many people have fears, prejudices or negative attitudes about HIV. Stigma can result in people living with HIV being insulted, rejected, gossiped ...

When providing care to the psychiatric population it is my duty and responsibility to practice with a non-judgmental approach and meet individuals where they are. The associated stigma ...