Substance dependence is a prevalent and urgent public health problem. In 2021, 60 million
Americans reported abusing alcohol within the month prior to being surveyed, and nearly 20 …

Self-stigma is associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes in Serious Mental
Illness (SMI). There has been no review of self-stigma frequency and correlates in different …

Importance Stigma, the prejudice and discrimination attached to mental illness, has been
persistent, interfering with help-seeking, recovery, treatment resources, workforce …

Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response |
PLOS Medicine Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS Medicine Browse Current Issue …

Psychological research has provided essential insights into how stigma operates to
disadvantage those who are targeted by it. At the same time, stigma research has been …

Treatments have been developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and
disabilities of many mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses …

Purpose Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Research suggests that by
far, the greatest contributor to the overall economic impact of depression is loss in …

Objective: Although structural stigma (ie, discriminatory laws, policies, and community
attitudes) toward sexual minorities predicts adverse health and wellbeing, this association …

Highly publicized acts of violence routinely spark reactions that place blame on the
perpetrator's presumed mental illness. Despite solid evidence that people with mental …

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, research on stigma has continued. Building
on conceptual and empirical work, the recent period clarifies new types of stigmas …