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Monkeypox, stigma and public health
The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2022 Julian W. März +2 more
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A public health framework for reducing stigma: the example of weight stigma
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2022 AbstractWe examine stigma and how it operates, then develop a novel framework to classify the range of positions that are conceptually possible regarding how stigma ought to be handled from a public health perspective. In the case of weight stigma, the possible positions range from encouraging the intentional use of weight stigma as an obesity ...
Alison Harwood +2 more
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Mental illness stigma and suicidality: the role of public and individual stigma [PDF]
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2016 Aims.Suicide rates are increased among unemployed individuals and mental illness stigma can contribute to both unemployment and suicidality. Persons with mental illness perceive negative attitudes among the general public and experience discrimination in their everyday life (=public stigma components) potentially leading to self-stigma and anticipated ...
N, Oexle +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 IntroductionA qualitative evaluation of mental illness stigma experienced by people with mental illness (PMI) is currently lacking in Singapore. This study aims to employ qualitative methods to identify the common encounters of mental illness stigma ...
Wei Jie Ong +5 more
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Obesity, stigma and public health planning [PDF]
Health Promotion International, 2008 Given the rise in obesity rates in North America, concerns about obesity-related costs to the health care system are being stressed in both the popular media and the scientific literature. With such constant calls to action, care must be taken not to increase stigmatization of obese people, particularly of children.
Lynne, MacLean +5 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2021 Background Individuals with psychiatric disorders are often unwilling to seek help or often follow treatment regimens, fearing public stigma. This study identified the sociodemographic correlates of public stigma while accounting for mental health ...
Lincoln Lik Hang Lo +8 more
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Health Psychology Report, 2021 Introduction Steeped in Chinese culture which considers continuing the family lineage highly important, infertility stigma endorsed by others and oneself can both negatively impact psychological well-being in women with infertility in Taiwan.
Yi-Tung Lin +4 more
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Leveraging Neuroscience to Fight Stigma Around Mental Health
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 Labels serve as identifiers and convenient descriptors of inanimate and animate objects. In humans, given labels can easily become part of an individual’s self-perceived identity.
Osborne F. X. Almeida +2 more
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Psychometric assessment of the Post- Secondary Student Stressors Index (PSSI)
BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Previous research has linked excessive stress among post-secondary students to poor academic performance and poor mental health. Despite attempts to ameliorate mental health challenges at post-secondary institutions, there exists a gap in the ...
Brooke Linden, Heather Stuart
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Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2022 Media exposure and news frames have been shown to influence on public stigma and discrimination. However, the mechanisms potentially resulting in HIV public stigma are not fully understood.
Along He, Hao Liu, Yuanzi Tian
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