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Stigma and its public health implications

Lancet, The, 2006
The publication of Erving Goffmans Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity in 1963 generated a profusion of research on the nature sources and consequences of stigma--albeit with considerable variation on how stigma was defined. In our conceptualisation stigma is the result of a process in which a series of five interrelated components ...
Bruce G Link, Jo C Phelan
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Is stigma internalized? The longitudinal impact of public stigma on self-stigma.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2013
Stigma is considered an important barrier to seeking mental health services. Two types of stigma exist: public stigma and self-stigma. Theoretically, it has been argued that public stigma leads to the development of self-stigma. However, the empirical support for this assertion is limited to cross-sectional data.
David L. Vogel, Rachel L. Bitman, Joseph H. Hammer, Nathaniel G. Wade   +3 more
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Stigma in the News: The Representation and Trivialization of Stigma in U.S. News Publications

Health Communication, 2019
Stigma represents an important social issue, one rooted in communication. The present study used a quantitative content analysis to examine the representation of the term stigma in one national and six regional news publications in the United States between 2000 and 2018. In the 1,524 stories examined, journalists explicitly defined stigma once. Stigma
Scott, Parrott, Nicholas, Eckhart
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The specificity of public stigma: A comparison of suicide and depression-related stigma

Psychiatry Research, 2017
Each year, approximately 1.3 million Americans survive a suicide attempt. While stigma has been reported by suicide attempt survivors, limited research has examined how suicide stigma may differ from the stigma of mental illness. U.S. adults (n = 440) completed an online survey in which they were randomly assigned to one of four vignettes.
Lindsay, Sheehan, Rachel, Dubke, Patrick W, Corrigan   +2 more
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Changing public stigma with continuum beliefs

Journal of Mental Health, 2016
Given the egregious effect of public stigma on the lives of people with mental illness, researchers have sought to unpack and identify effective components of anti-stigma programs.We expect to show that continuum messages have more positive effect on stigma and affirming attitudes (beliefs that people with mental illness recover and should be ...
Patrick W, Corrigan, Annie, Schmidt, Andrea B, Bink, Katherine, Nieweglowski, Maya A, Al-Khouja, Sang, Qin, Steve, Discont   +6 more
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Public stigma in relation to individuals with depression

Journal of Affective Disorders, 2009
To assess public stigma in relation to individuals with depression and possible factors associated with this phenomenon.A cross-sectional study was conducted with a probabilistic sample of 500 individuals who live in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and are aged between 18 and 65 years.
Erica de Toledo Piza, Peluso, Sérgio Luís, Blay   +1 more
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Internalized stigma, anticipated discrimination and perceived public stigma in adults with ADHD

ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, 2018
The objective of this study is to assess internalized stigma, perceived public stigma, anticipated discrimination and their associations with demographic, psychiatric and psychosocial characteristics in adult ADHD. Stigmatization was assessed with the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, the Questionnaire on Anticipated Discrimination and the ...
Theresa Vera Masuch, Myriam Bea, Barbara Alm, Peter Deibler, Esther Sobanski   +4 more
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STIGMA AND THE PUBLIC SELF

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1991
In addition to suggesting several ways in which Goffman's work on stigma has been adapted to current problems in the sociology of difference, this article suggests some particular intersections of the sociology of stigma with the sociology of public places.
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Public housing and the politics of stigma

Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2013
This paper considers the problem of stigmatisation towards tenants residing in public housing. It draws on the findings of a research panel investigation set up to explore the opportunities available for activists and campaigners to address stigma and engender a more positive understanding of public housing and its contribution to ameliorating economic
Keith Jacobs, Kathleen Flanagan
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Public attitudes and the challenge of stigma

2020
Abstract People with mental illness frequently face challenges related to knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour. These challenges are more commonly known as stigma and discrimination, and appear universally with local and regional variations in their content and manifestations. They display in low levels of mental health literacy among the
Nicole Votruba, Mirja Koschorke, Graham Thornicroft   +2 more
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