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Disentangling the stigma of HIV/AIDS from the stigmas of drugs use, commercial sex and commercial blood donation – A factorial survey of medical students in China [PDF]

, 2007
Background: HIV/AIDS related stigma interferes with the provision of appropriate care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Currently, programs to address the stigma approach it as if it occurs in isolation, separate from the co-stigmas related ...
Chan, KY, Reidpath, DD, Yang, Y, Zhang, KL   +3 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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Stigma towards mental illness in Asian nations and low-and-middle-income countries, and comparison with high-income countries: A literature review and practice implications

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2023
Background: Stigma related to mental illness (and its treatment) is prevalent worldwide. This stigma could be at the structural or organizational level, societal level (interpersonal stigma), and the individual level (internalized stigma).
Mrugesh Vaishnav, Afzal Javed, Snehil Gupta, Vinay Kumar, Parth Vaishnav, Akash Kumar, Hakimullah Salih, Petros levounis, Bernardo NG, Samia Alkhoori, Cora Luguercho, Armen Soghoyan, Elizabeth Moore, Vinay Lakra, Martin Aigner, Johannes Wancata, Jamila Ismayilova, Md. Azizul Islam, Antonio Geraldo Da Silva, Gary Chaimowitz, Wang Xiaoping, Tarek Okasha, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Thomas Schulze, Roger NG, SN Chiu, Chan Kit Wa (Sherry), Andi J Tanra, Yong Chon Park, Liliya Panteleeva, Marisol Taveras, Ramune Mazaliauskiene, Ahmad Hatim Bin Sulaiman, Thelma Sanchez, Chandra Prasad Sedain, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Lars Lien, Ghulam Rasool, Robert Buenaventura, Harish Chandra Gambheera, Kapila Ranasinghe, Norman Sartorius, Chawanun Charnsil, Amine Larnaout, Juliet Nakku, Zarif Ashurov   +45 more
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Unpacking the dynamics of double stigma : how the HIV-TB co-epidemic alters TB stigma and its management among healthcare workers [PDF]

, 2020
Background HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are intricably interlinked in South Africa. The social aspects of this co-epidemic remain relatively unexplored. More specifically, no research has quantitatively explored the double stigma associated with HIV and TB ...
Engelbrecht, Michelle, Kigozi, Gladys, Masquillier, Caroline, Ponnet, Koen, Rau, Asta, Sommerland, Nina, Van Damme, Wim, Van Rensburg, André Janse, Wouters, Edwin   +8 more
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Controlled trial of the impact of a BC adult mental health practice support program (AMHPSP) on primary health care professionals’ management of depression

BMC Family Practice, 2018
Background Depression affects over 400 million people globally. The majority are seen in primary care. Barriers in providing adequate care are not solely related to physicians’ knowledge/skills deficits, but also time constraints, lack of confidence ...
Bianca Lauria-Horner, Tara Beaulieu, Stephanie Knaak, Rivian Weinerman, Helen Campbell, Scott Patten   +5 more
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Weight Stigma Model on Quality of Life Among Children in Hong Kong: A Cross-Sectional Modeling Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
We proposed a model to examine the relationship among different types of weight-related stigmas and their relationship to quality of life (QoL). We recruited 430 dyads of elementary school children [mean age = 10.07 years; nboy = 241 (56.0%); noverweight
Chia-Wei Fan, Chieh-hsiu Liu, Hsin-Hsiung Huang, Chung-Ying Lin, Chung-Ying Lin, Chung-Ying Lin, Chung-Ying Lin, Amir H. Pakpour, Amir H. Pakpour   +8 more
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Do continuum beliefs reduce schizophrenia stigma? Effects of a laboratory intervention on behavioral and self-reported stigma [PDF]

, 2017
Background and objectives Correlational research shows that belief in a continuum of psychiatric problems predicts decreased public stigma. However, the correlational findings fail to inform the stigma reduction prospects of manipulating continuum ...
Shanks, Lindsay N., Smith, Brian P., Thibodeau, Ryan   +2 more
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Educating medical students about anorexia nervosa:A potential method for reducing the volitional stigma associated with the disorder [PDF]

, 2014
It is frequently reported that clinicians across a range of professional disciplines experience strong negative reactions toward patients with anorexia nervosa (AN).
Bannatyne, Amy, Stapleton, Peta
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StopAbleism: Reduksi stigma kepada penyandang disabilitas melalui intervensi bias implisit

Jurnal Psikologi, 2016
Diskriminasi kepada penyandang disabilitas dipengaruhi oleh dinamika antara stigma eksplisit dan stigma implisit. Eksperimen ini bertujuan untuk menguji apakah dalam konteks disabilitas fisik (1) stigma eksplisit memiliki asosiasi dengan stigma implisit,
Cleoputri Al Yusainy, Slamet Thohari, Rachmad Gustomy   +2 more
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Keep your distance: People sit farther away from a man with schizophrenia versus diabetes [PDF]

, 2018
Although concrete behavior—such as avoidance, discrimination, rejection—is foundational to most definitions of stigma, knowledge of psychiatric stigma has been constructed mostly on the basis of measurement of self-reported attitudes, beliefs, and ...
Principino, Heather M., Thibodeau, Ryan
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