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 ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month—time to focus on prioritizing mental health and acknowledging that it's "OK not to be OK." It is also time to stop the sigma and spread awareness about what we can ...

The seven main types of stigma include public, self, perceived, label, structural, health practitioner, and associative. It involves assigning people with certain traits and can have harmful effects ...

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT may help reduce mental health stigma, particularly for people hesitant to seek traditional face-to-face ...

Schizophrenia is one of the most complicated and destabilizing mental disorders. At the same time, it can be highly treatable and it’s possible for you to make a meaningful recovery. Yet deep stigma ...

Over the past few decades, we’ve come a long way in how we view and talk about mental health. And that should come as no surprise, because 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental health ...

Mental health stigma refers to negative beliefs people may hold about those with mental illness, which can lead to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Public awareness and literacy have ...

Mental health stigma is the largest community barrier to improving global mental health, and in Latin American cultures, this stigma may be more prevalent. The World Health Organization (WHO) claim ...

Internalized weight stigma is when a person applies negative societal or cultural beliefs about body weight to themselves. These beliefs come from social norms, which are unwritten rules that govern ...