Objective Public stigma and discrimination have pernicious effects on the lives of people
with serious mental illnesses. Given a plethora of research on changing the stigma of mental …

Given the prevalence of and consequences associated with mental illness in the workplace,
we believe this review is both critical and timely for researchers and practitioners. This …

Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response |
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In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote:"" An important new movement is sweeping
through the western world.... The'mad,'the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums …

Social science research on stigma has grown dramatically over the past two decades,
particularly in social psychology, where researchers have elucidated the ways in which …

Many people who would benefit from mental health services opt not to pursue them or fail to
fully participate once they have begun. One of the reasons for this disconnect is stigma; …

Shame and guilt, while the focus of attention among scholars and clinicians for generations,
have only recently been subjected to systematic empirical scrutiny. This volume reports on …

17 mental illness may be less severe than in Western cultures. Fabrega (26) suggests that
the lack of differentiation between psychiatric and non-psychiatric illness in the three great …

Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse develops a narrative
theory of the pervasive use of disability as a device of characterization in literature and film. It …

Public stigma robs people with mental illnesses from rightful opportunities related to work
and other important life goals. Advocates have developed anti-stigma programs meant to …