Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. In an effort to address the tobacco epidemic, the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has formulated a number of policies that are thought to reduce cigarette consumption by making smoking socially unacceptable. It is possible that tobacco control policies that aim to make smoking so...

Persons with mental disorders often experience stigmatization. There is a number of social factors that may affect the process of recovery and at the same time, in certain circumstances, could be a source of stigma. Mentally ill may find strength in themselves to fight against the disease or the opposite - can internalize the negative attitudes of the society and become self-stigmatized. The pa...

Stigma creates a barrier between the sick and the rest of society that prevents them from acting on their instinctive desire to seek curative treatment that will enable them to reenter into their every day social activity. For these ailing persons, the cost of being stigmatized far outweighs the desire to rehabilitate their lifestyle. Further, social stigma associated with infectious disease un...

BACKGROUND There is little information on the degree to which self-stigma is experienced by individuals with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or depression across Europe. This study describes the levels of self-stigma, stigma resistance, empowerment and perceived discrimination reported in these groups. METHODS Data were collected from 1182 people with bipolar disorder or depression using a ma...

AIM This paper is a report of a concept analysis of stigma in the context of hepatitis C. BACKGROUND Stigma is a complex and powerful social phenomenon that influences the course of illness and marginalizes populations. Knowledge of hepatitis C stigma is central to assisting people with hepatitis C self-manage their illness and reduce the disease burden. DATA SOURCES Thirty studies from 199...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the experiences of stigma and coping strategies among patients with lung cancer in China. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative. SETTING The oncology department at Liaocheng Peoples Hospital. PARTICIPANTS A purposive sample of 17 patients experiencing stigma related to lung cancer voluntarily participated in data collection. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH Individual, semis...

Social exclusion and unequal development assuming an intimate relation between the social form of relations and the corresponding character of economic development is not only significant from the point of view of the constitutionally recognized excluded categories and classes of people but also has in its scope the cause of other disadvantaged segments of population. It implies that the proces...

The stigma associated with mental disorders is a global public health problem. Programs to combat it must be informed by the best available evidence. To this end, a meta-analysis was undertaken to investigate the effectiveness of existing programs. A systematic search of PubMed, PsycINFO and Cochrane databases yielded 34 relevant papers, comprising 33 randomized controlled trials. Twenty-seven ...

Studies have shown that the stigma of the most common mental disorder, namely depression, expose people with these disorders to a substantial amount of stigmatization in the workplace. Apart from the descriptive assessment of the magnitude of stigma, it is also important to investigate the dynamics of the stigma process. Agreeing with Dr. Stuart, three approaches to research on stigma and the w...