- Mental Health Stigma | Mental Health | CDC
Stigma refers to negative attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes people may hold towards those who experience mental health conditions Stigma can prevent or delay people from seeking care or cause them to discontinue treatment
- STIGMA Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
In modern use the scar is figurative: stigma most often refers to a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something—for example, people talk about the stigma associated with mental illness, or the stigma of poverty
- What Stigma Is and How It Impacts Individuals - Verywell Health
Stigma is disapproval of or discrimination against people or groups based on traits such as disabilities or mental illness See how to cope with its impact
- Social stigma - Wikipedia
In Goffman's theory of social stigma, a stigma is an attribute, behavior, or reputation which is socially discrediting in a particular way: it causes an individual to be mentally classified by others in an undesirable, rejected stereotype rather than in an accepted, normal one
- Stigma, Prejudice and Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness
Public stigma involves the negative or discriminatory attitudes that others may have about mental illness Self-stigma refers to the negative attitudes, including internalized shame, that people with mental illness may have about their own condition
- What Is Stigma? Definition, Causes, How to Address It - Healthline
In a nutshell, stigma refers to any negative attitude, prejudice, or false belief associated with specific traits, circumstances, or health symptoms
- On the definition of stigma - PMC
In “Conceptualizing stigma” from 2001, Link and Phelan offer a thorough and detailed definition of stigma They suggest that there are six necessary conditions for stigma, namely labelled differences, stereotypes, separation, status loss and discrimination, power, and emotional reaction
- Stigma: An Introduction - Easy Sociology
Stigma is a mark of disgrace associated with a particular condition, quality, or identity Sociologically, stigma occurs when a person’s characteristic is viewed as a violation of social norms
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