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 …

Stigma is ubiquitous in sex work and is well documented in studies of sex workers. But rarely
have scholars examined the vital question of whether, and if so how, stigma can be reduced …

Millions of people and their families are affected by mental illness; it causes untold pain and
severely impairs their ability to function in the world. In recent years, we have begun to …

Among a nationally representative sample of adults with an alcohol use disorder, the
authors tested whether perceived stigmatization of alcoholism was associated with a lower …

A resurgence of research and policy efforts on stigma both facilitates and forces a
reconsideration of the levels and types of factors that shape reactions to persons with …

The relationship between stigmatization and the self-regard of patients/consumers with
mental disorder is negative but only moderate in strength, probably because a subset of …

Objective: Many anti‐stigma programmes use the 'mental illness is an illness like any
other'approach. This review evaluates the effectiveness of this approach in relation to …

La lucha contra el estigma y la discriminación en salud mental: Una estrategia compleja
basada en la información disponible SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online vol.28 …

This paper proposes that stigma in relation to people with mental illness can be understood
as a combination of problems of knowledge (ignorance), attitudes (prejudice) and behaviour …

Background There is a scarcity of data regarding the actual stigma and discrimination
experienced by schizophrenic patients and their relatives. Those experiences can vary …