You did it to yourself.” This is one of the things that patients who are diagnosed with COPD often hear because of the stigma ...

Participants included caregivers, adolescent patients (age 12-19 years), and health care clinicians. A semistructured interview guide based on The Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework (HSDF) was ...

Key solutions point to strong allyship role models in the workplace and improved care infrastructure, studies suggest.

In an effort to help break down stigmas surrounding mental health, "CBS This Morning" will broadcast a special live audience event, "Stop the Stigma: A Conversation About Mental Health," on Wednesday, ...

A diagnosis of cancer is hard enough. But if you have lung cancer, you’re also likely to face lung cancer stigma. Stigma refers to disapproval or discrimination that’s based on your diagnosis. The ...

Autism awareness has gained momentum in recent times, however, stigma and structural gaps continue to fuel rising autism ...

Representatives from a domestic violence shelter in Bowling Green say stigma and gender roles often keep male victims of ...

For all of the progress we as a society have made in bringing mental illness out of the shadows, a stubborn stigma persists. That stigma prevents us from talking openly about mental health issues and ...

Over the past half-century, many of American society’s stigmas have fallen away. In most circles, taboos against premarital sex, same-sex relationships, interracial relationships and out-of-wedlock ...

Javeed Sukhera receives funding from Physician Services Incorporated and the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation ...