Background We summarize research on the public stigmatization of persons with alcohol
use disorder (AUD) in comparison with other mental health conditions and embed the …

Mental disorders are increasingly understood in terms of biological mechanisms. We
examined how such biological explanations of patients' symptoms would affect mental …

The nature of mental illness has been the subject of passionate discussion throughout
history. In ancient Greece Plato, 1, 2 promoting a mentalist definition of mental illness, was …

Genetic and other biological explanations appear to have mixed blessings for the stigma of
mental disorder. Meta-analytic evidence shows that these “biogenetic” explanations reduce …

Background: Meta-analyses conclude that individuals with depression display
neurocognitive deficits. However, the extent to which some of these impairments occur due …

Background: Stigma and discrimination are major difficulties for people with psychosis.
However, despite the dominance of biomedical ideology in public education and de …

Aims. Many people with mental illness do not seek professional help. Beliefs about the
causes of their current health problem seem relevant for initiating treatment. Our aim was to …

The biopsychosocial model (BPSM) is increasingly influential in medical research and
practice. Several philosophers and scholars of health have criticized the BPSM for lacking …

Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder with unknown and presumably
heterogeneous etiology. While the disorder can have various outcomes, research is …

Schizophrenia is arguably one of the most stigmatized psychiatric disorders, with patients
frequently seeing the burden of stigmatization as a “second illness.” Thus, the purpose of …