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

Healthcare environments are not exempt from the impact of stigma against mental illness
and addiction, which contributes to barriers to client access and appropriate treatment. To …

By the 1990s, sociology faced a frustrating paradox. Classic work on mental illness stigma
and labeling theory reinforced that the “mark” of mental illness created prejudice and …

While people who abuse substances experience widespread health and social
consequences stemming from their substance use, these consequences also extend to their …

Little attention has been paid to the examination and measurement of self-stigma in
substance misuse. This paper aims to fill this gap by reporting on the development of a new …

Objective: Stigmatizing attitudes toward people with a drug addiction have detrimental
effects on the lives of these people. However, the factors that influence stigma toward people …

Stigma against mental illness is a complex construct with affective, cognitive, and behavioral
components. Beyond its symbolic value, federal law can only directly address one …

Objective: This study evaluated the progress at one year of England's Time to Change (TTC)
program, launched in 2009, toward meeting its target to reduce mental health-related stigma …

Advocacy, government, and public-service groups rely on a variety of strategies to diminish
the impact of stigma on persons with severe mental illness. These strategies include protest …

Substance use disorder is one of the most stigmatized health conditions. Stigma
internalization is one of the main consequences of the stigmatization process, and it is …