I write this from a northern suburb of Chicago as I finish my third week of lockdown in response to the novel coronavirus. Our governor has ordered another 30 days of shelter in place. The experience ...

The term “stigma” is used throughout this chapter and the report to represent the complex of attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and structures that interact at different levels of society (i.e., ...

This post inaugurates a series of posts on stigma and community—written in collaboration with David Matthew Doyle, Ph.D.—throughout which we will clarify how the stigma associated with disease ...

For Kathy Wilcox, the bullying began in fifth grade. The school seemed to blame her for her classmates’ taunts. “I remember the guidance counselor telling my parents that I should take it as ...

An estimated 2.1 million people are living with long COVID in the UK alone. We recently asked 888 people in the UK with long COVID about their experiences of stigma, and 95% of them said they had ...

Stigma can play a huge role in health outcomes, say the researchers. For example, health-care providers who view weight as a moral issue or lack of personal willpower, may use stigmatizing language in ...

The majority of people living with long COVID experience some form of stigma directly related to their condition, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. An estimated 2.3 million ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Emily Nagoski STRANGE BEDFELLOWS Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of ...

Every year, Canada has a conversation about the stigma of mental illness. We tweet and we talk. We share stories and break the silence. Yet, this year we are all bearing witness to the plain fact that ...

When three leading obesity organizations issued guidance recently on the pharmacologic treatment of obesity, they didn’t stop at saying the recommended medications are safe, effective, and appropriate ...