Abstract Aim Using Link and Phelan's concept of the stigma process, public attitudes
towards people with schizophrenia are examined. Method In the spring of 2001, a …

We examined the link between drug use stigma and use of drug treatment services in a
sample of 292 heterosexually identified, methamphetamine (meth) users. Participants who …

Experiences of stigma from others among people with a history of drug addiction are
understudied in comparison to the strength of stigma associated with drug addiction. Work …

The effectiveness of efforts designed to address mental illness stigma will rest on our ability
to understand stigma processes, the factors that produce and sustain such processes, and …

Substance-use disorders are a public health crisis globally and carry with them significant
morbidity and mortality. Stigma toward people who abuse these substances, as well as the …

Background: In their 2016 report, the National Academy of Sciences identified that the
existing literature on the stigma of substance use disorder (SUD) is sparse compared to the …

Persons who use illicit drugs are stigmatized in the United States. The conferral of a deviant
social status on illicit drug users may serve to discourage use. However, stigmatization may …

Objective: Clinicians, advocates, and policy makers have presented mental illnesses as
medical diseases in efforts to overcome low service use, poor adherence rates, and stigma …

Individuals with mental illness receive harsh stigmatization, resulting in decreased life
opportunities and a loss of independent functioning over and above the impairments related …

Despite increasing mental health promotion and advocacy, stigma persists and poses a
significant threat to the healthy functioning at the macro and micro-sociological levels …