The relationships between stigma and quality of life in schizophrenia (QoL) have been extensively explored but have mostly focused on self-stigma and self-esteem and have never been explored in Latin-America. The objective of this study was to determine which stigma dimensions were associated with QoL in a sample of community-dwelling SZ subjects of three Latin-American countries. Stabilized outpatients with SZ were recruited in three Mental Health Services in three Latin-American countries: Bolivia (N = 83), Chile (N = 85) and Peru (N = 85). Stigma and Qol-SZ were evaluated by self-administered questionnaires, the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness scale (ISMI-12) and the SQoL-18. 253 participants were included. In multivariate analyses, QoL has been associated with each stigma dimension (social stigma, stigma experience and self-stigma), independently of age, gender, education level, ethnicity, age at illness onset, illness symptomatology and mental health treatment. More specifically, social
The overall purpose of this dissertation is to examine cognitive and social mediators of psychological distress in Korean childhood cancer survivors. The four specific research aims are (1) to examine the overall prevalence of psychological distress and to compare the profile of cancer survivors with and without significant levels of psychological distress, (2) to examine perceived physical functioning and perceived public stigma as potential risk factors for psychological distress, taking into account possible sociodemographic and cancer-related correlates, (3) to test a model of the effects of perceived physical functioning and perceived public stigma on psychological distress as mediated through three cognitive and social factors, and (4) to examine gender differences within the mediated effects of perceived physical functioning and perceived public stigma on psychological distress. ❧ Participants consisted of 223 cancer survivors diagnosed before the age of 19 years and currently residing ...
All participants bar four either explicitly identified a social stigma surrounding T2DM or described evidence of this stigma. Those who did not were some of the oldest participants in the study, suggesting that perhaps younger people with T2DM are more likely to experience, or be sensitive to, diabetes-related stigma. Younger adults with T2DM face many pressures unique to their age group and perceive that existing T2DM services are not relevant to them.24 These factors may contribute to the more pronounced stigma experienced by younger participants. Examples of this stigma given by participants included blaming and shaming attitudes towards those with T2DM (including self-blame), negative stereotyping, discrimination and lost opportunities as a result of having T2DM. While the well-recognised obesity stigma16 ,25 ,26 was seen to play some part in diabetes-related stigma, the latter cannot be wholly explained by the former.. While study participants reserved their most scathing criticism for the ...
Water insecurity is linked to depression in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), though it remains unclear how geospatial clustering of water insecurity in rural regions is associated with risk for depression. We conducted a population-based survey of a rural parish in southwestern Uganda (N = 1603) to evaluate the joint geospatial clustering of water insecurity and risk for depression among men and women living in rural Uganda. Geospatial clustering of self-reported water insecurity and depressive symptoms was found to be present among both men and women. Depression hotspots were more often observed near water insecurity hotspots among women, relative to men. Multivariable regression revealed that residing in a water insecurity hotspot significantly increased risk for depressive symptoms among women, but not among men. Residing in a water insecurity hotspot is associated with greater risk for probable depression among women, but not among men, pointing to the need for focused depression screening
BACKGROUND: Stigma is a subjective and multidimensional concept that is dependent on the understanding of individuals and social culture potentially influencing treatment and health in various aspects. The study of patient beliefs about epilepsy can help design preventive interventions. This study was conducted to develop and psychometrically evaluate the Perceived Social Stigma Questionnaire (PSSQ-for adults with epilepsy).. METHODS: This mixed method study of sequential exploratory quantitative-qualitative design was conducted within the framework of instrument development variant. The qualitative section consisted of item development and scale development. In the quantitative section (item analysis), the instrument was validated by investigating face, content, and construct validity and its reliability by internal consistency and stability.. CONCLUSION: The PSSQ-for adults with epilepsy is a culturally appropriate measure with strong psychometric properties. The tool developed in this study ...
Social stigma is a major barrier to breastfeeding, and more must be done to support women to continue breastfeeding beyond the first few weeks according to new recommendations published today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
Stigma is a pervasive problem that creates more fear and anger against people instead of focusing on the illness behind it. Stigma has its basis in discrimination against a group of people, a place or a nation.. During this pandemic, people tend to look for a culprit for the situation out of fear of illness or simply frustration. Stigma is associated with a lack of knowledge about the spread of COVID-10. This stigma may cause people to hide symptoms of illness, resulting in a greater spread.. Translated from Dutch with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version), source: https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/covid19-stigma-brief_en.pdf, consulted on 08/02/2021. ...
People living with HIV face discrimination in society and in healthcare systems - following Zero Discrimination Day (1 March), HIV Outcomes draws policy makers attention to the concrete actions that they can take to fight stigma and improve quality of life.. HIV-related stigma is as old as public awareness of the virus: people living with HIV face workplace discrimination, social stigma and challenges accessing services. This has a negative impact on wellbeing and self-esteem, as well sexual and social relationships.. While progress on the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals is welcome, addressing quality of life issues is coming into sharper focus. That is why one of the five HIV Outcomes Recommendations is designed to tackle stigma and discrimination within health systems. This has carried through to the Call to Action to European policymakers (November 2019). It calls on leaders to move beyond the 90-90-90 targets and take measures to reduce stigma and discrimination to zero.. It was heartening to see ...
AIMS: To identify and categorise core components of effective stigma reduction interventions in the field of mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and compare these components across cultural contexts and between intervention characteristics. METHODS: Seven databases were searched with a strategy including four categories of terms (stigma, mental health, intervention and low- and middle-income countries). Additional methods included citation chaining of all papers identified for inclusion, consultation with experts and hand searching reference lists from other related reviews. Studies on interventions in LMICs aiming to reduce stigma related to mental health with a stigma-related outcome measure were included. All relevant intervention characteristics and components were extracted and a quality assessment was undertaken. A best fit framework synthesis was used to organise data, followed by a narrative synthesis. RESULTS: Fifty-six studies were included in this ...
Background. Anti-stigma programmes should aim to increase disclosure to those who can support someone with a mental health problem and appropriate professional help-seeking.. Aims. We investigated associations among public awareness of Englands Time to Change anti-stigma campaign and: (a) comfort envisaged in disclosing a mental health problem to family and friends; (b) comfort in disclosing to an employer; and (c) intended professional help-seeking from a general practitioner, i.e. a physician working in primary care.. Method. Using data from a survey of a nationally representative sample of adults, we created separate logistic regression models to test for campaign awareness and other variables as predictors of comfort in disclosure and intended help-seeking.. Results. We found positive relationships between campaign awareness and comfort in disclosing to family and friends (odds ratio (OR) = 1.27, 95% CI 1.14-1.43) and to a current or prospective employer (OR = 1.20, 95% CI 1.06-1.35); and ...
On the opposite end of the spectrum from stigma is the glamorization of addictions and disorders. This is a rarely talked about phenomenon because it seems so contradictory. Most people would reason that there is surely nothing about mental disorders or addictions that is glamorous, but some portrayals of these conditions would suggest otherwise. Hollywood and other sources of popular media have found ways of portraying disorders and addiction in a good connotation, such as normalizing them or even romanticizing them; a trend that should be reversed if these issues are going to be represented accurately.. There are many instances in the media and in popular culture when mental disorders and addictions are portrayed as the new standard of normal. We have all been through rough parts of town and observed groups of people who are clearly living lives governed by their addiction and disorders. What we dont realize is that these people make up large communities that foster the belief that their way ...
The study, published online Sept. 15 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, raises vexing questions about the effectiveness of campaigns designed to improve health literacy. This disease like any other approach, supported by medicine and mental health advocates, had been seen as the primary way to reduce widespread stigma in the United States. Prejudice and discrimination in the U.S. arent moving, said IU sociologist Bernice Pescosolido, a leading researcher in this area. In fact, in some cases, it may be increasing. Its time to stand back and rethink our approach. Stigma, the well-documented reluctance by many to socialize or work with people who have a mental or substance abuse disorder, is considered a major obstacle to effective treatment for many Americans who experience these devastating illnesses. It can produce discrimination in employment, housing, medical care and social relationships, and negatively impact the quality of life for these individuals, their families and friends. ...
People with HIV can live full lives just like everybody else, says A/Prof. Newman.. Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) treatments have the ability to reduce a persons viral load to zero, meaning it can then no longer be transmissible. And Direct Acting Antivirals (DAAs) can now clear the hepatitis C virus, she says. But despite these advances in modern treatments, HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C remain three of the most socially stigmatised health issues globally, A/Prof. Newman says. Shock, blame and rejection were some of the responses from family members when participants revealed they had a bloodborne virus. There were, though, also stories about families rallying around immediately and providing assistance - emotional, practical and financial, says A/Prof. Newman. But when expected support from family members was not forthcoming, according to the report, it was seen as hurtful and unforgivable. After Linda* told her family she was diagnosed with HIV and hepatitis C, she said their responses ...
Background: Evidence have shown that male involvement is associated with improved maternal health outcomes. In rural Tanzania, men are the main decision makers and may determine womens access to health services and ultimately their health outcomes. Despite efforts geared towa...
Many people who carry around too much weight, eventually fall into a state of depression. The reason for this is the social stigma that people who are overweight, are viewed as less attractive and desirable than those who are healthy, and dont struggle with maintaining a healthy body weight. In fact, many people who are obese have contemplated suicide. They are tired of how the world around them views them, and the things that are said about them, leading to negative thoughts and negative feelings of resentment about themselves. Others try to avoid facing the issue face on, and go through the motions each day. Apart from the social stigma, theres also the emotional pain that comes along with being overweight. People who carry around too much weight arent happy, they dont have a desire to do things, and they want to keep to themselves. The way society views them is a hindrance on their ability to enjoy life, and enjoy daily activities which healthy people, who fall into a healthy weight ...
And that is just the start of what they could be doing to both make money and provide service to happy satisfied customers. It isnt hard to make services that can compete with pirate sites on convenience and breadth and depth of content and usability. I know I would hang out there. And then it becomes social and you (hollywood) win. Everybody wins in this scenario. Sure some people will still DL without paying, or share something they DLed from you with a friend. But that will be insignificant noise in a thriving ecosystem. The social stigma will become a negative towards those that take without paying once you (hollywood) make it easy for people to pay you and get whatever they want. There will be no need to bring law into the matter. As it is now, the social stigma is against you (hollywood) for acting like crybaby poopyheads. And it is going to keep getting worse until you change from your antagonistic selfish ways and play nice with the other kids in the sandbox. And if you would just try ...
VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017 ...
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The RDC has been successful in advocating for better roads, schools, and other social amenities and budgetary activities and I am certain that those same energies could be used to influence the eradication of the stigma attached the HIV/AIDS..... if this is not done, very soon, rather than discussing other issues of regional development at statutory meetings, they will have a crisis on their hand and have to discuss the high toll of deaths in the region relating to HIV/AIDS ...
We asked HIV/AIDS community members from all over the United States to tell us about the different forms stigma takes in their lives.
Stigma and discrimination (SAD) attached to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has been recognised as a major obstacle to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support throughout the world. SAD is more devastating when it occurs in health care settings where it is least expected. Health care providers (HCPs) are supposed to provide physical, social and psychological support to people living with HIV (PLWHA) but HIV and AIDS-related SAD has been extensively documented among the HCPs. Different studies have pointed out that there are three major actionable causes of HIV-related SAD in health care settings. These are lack of awareness among HCPs, fear of casual contacts and associating the SAD to immoral behaviour. The main objective of the current study is to determine the magnitude of HIV and AIDS-related SAD and its associated factors in hospitals and then to propose appropriate SAD reduction-intervention strategy in the health care settings. The ...
Sumnall et al.s research suggests insights into the life histories of people who experience challenges related to their drug use can elicit less stigmatising responses.
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2019 - Most of the time, Eva Wadvinski is a typical college student. Then suddenly, she isnt. Wadvinski has epilepsy and has disruptive…
More than two decades into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma and discrimination against people who have HIV/AIDS (PLWH)1 or are affected by HIV continue unabated. Although the global pandemic has shown itself capable of triggering responses of compassion, solidarity and support, bringing out the best in people, their families and communities yet stigma and ostracism, repression and discrimination continue to be reported in both the rich developed and poor developing countries of the world.
Results: The final scale has 31 items and four factors: informal social networks, socio-institutional, health professionals and self-stigma. Cronbachs alpha was 0.84 for the Factor 1; 0.81 for Factor 2; 0.74 for Factor 3, and 0.75 for Factor 4. Correlation matrix among factors revealed that most were in the moderate range [0.31-0.49], with the strongest occurring between perception of stigma in the informal network and self-stigma and there was also a weaker correlation between stigma from health professionals and self-stigma. Test-retest reliability was highest for informal networks [ICC 0.76 [0.67 -0.83]] and self-stigma [ICC 0.74 [0.64-0.81]]. There were no significant differences in the scoring due to sex or age. Service users in Argentina had the highest scores in almost all dimensions ...
The specific aims to this study are: To develop a framework for understanding and measuring intersectional stigma related to cervical cancer and HPV among HIV-positive women and health care providers in western Kenya. To pilot and validate measures of cervical cancer and HPV related stigma among HIV-positive women. To evaluate the relationship between stigma related to HPV and cervical cancer among HIV-positive women and engagement in care.. ...
Reducing stigma is welcome but should not be based on a speculative biological theory of mental illness. As mentioned in the previous post, such a theory could actually increase stigma, as it doesnt really promote understanding of mental illness. As I keep saying, please do not misunderstand me. Of course, our thoughts, behaviour and emotions have their origins in the brain, but if thats all that Dr Gunters saying, its merely tautologous. However, shes making a statement about how we understand the world and its not right ...
November 19, 2017: Hamish Coleman-Ross and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald discuss whether after years of campaigning, public stigma still remains around me
People with HIV/AIDS in the Northeast say that the media is insensitive to the disease and hence social stigma is being attached to them.
There is a stigma around mental illness and a stigma around mental illness treatment, but stigma cant be allowed to make treatment decisions.
Weve all heard the phrase I dont usually date Black people … Whether this has been spoken directly to you, or you have heard it spoken in reference to another. It is a detrimental phrase which devalues ones self-perception and social position as a person of colour within romantic discourse.The Black Body is one of the most appropriated images in social and cultural history, and unfortunately, the Black body as a type remains victim to Eurocentric ideals. Those who allow this close-minded construction to obstruct their choices limits them to the thriving possibilities of interracial relationships. While the social stigma and general anxiety about such couplings has improved throughout the ages, problems of fetishisation also arise within interracial relationships. If you, or someone you know has ever been in an interracial relationship, I urge thee to ask them one simple question…. What happened when they/you entered a white space together?. Thinking back to my personal experience ...
HIV/AIDS and other STDsA Social Stigma attached to it hampers affected patients from getting quality treatment and a quality life. Prevention is the best cure, But if it affects any individual he/she has the right to take treatment and lead normal quality life.Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirusfamily) that…
|div|Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a widespread issue among youth. An estimated 19 million new infections occur each year and almost half of them occur in adolescents and young people. While some infections display signs, most STDs can be silent, displaying no symptoms and can be diagnosed only through testing. Despite the common nature of STDs, testing for these infections is not widespread, leaving many infections undetected and undiagnosed. The social stigma, lack of public awareness and inadequate education about STDs can severely inhibit discussions about risks, symptoms, transmission and the need for regular testing. As a result of the extensive number of STD cases and lack of public awareness, STDs remain a major public health challenge. |br /| |/div|
What is curious about Allreds embracing of this law is that it is overtly sexist. The law suggests that a woman who is viewed as unchaste is so harmed that she constitutes a crime victim. Chastity is defined by Websters as (a) : abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse; (b) : abstention from all sexual intercourse. The law is based on the out-dated notion that a woman who has sex before marriage is damaged and subject to social stigma. To put it more colloquially, such a woman was viewed as a slut or prostitute. That is precisely the outrageous view voiced by Limbaugh in relation to Fluke and led to a worldwide condemnation. Now, Allred wants him prosecuted under a law that assumes that is based on the same assumption. The law was not designed to prevent women from being called sluts. Laws like Floridas code provision were designed on the belief that a woman who is unchaste is a slut - and that good women should never be accused of sex before marriage. So Allred wants Limbaugh ...
Im really trying to stick around but youre not making it easy. People get emotional when discussing politics and religion and this is an internet forum where people are mostly anonymous and therefore free of the normal social stigmas that come with speaking your mind. Its not someones living room or the foyer of a church were everyone around is offended when two individuals raise their voices too high and get into each others faces. If it is your goal to make TOL a nice place to be, it wont be much longer before it doesnt exist at all. People are not going to react to you shutting down threads by becoming nice to one another, theyre going to react by simply going away and that includes some who had nothing to do with the minor squabbling that you shut the thread down over ...
I used to consider myself an atheist until I realized that its just a label that comes with a lot of social stigma. The reason I considered myself an atheist is because I definitely would not consider myself religious. I would not go to church and I would not pray. I dont value the ideals of organized religion because it seems to me its more about power and control than it is about peace. I refuse to accept the ideology that I need constant guidance from a God, when I know I have it in me already to know right from wrong. And knowing I have it in me already to know right from wrong is not thinking Im on the same level as God or being all-knowing. I think that knowing right from wrong is something that we are innately born with; something God gave us. But society decided to distort our views of ourselves so that we dont believe ourselves to be conscious enough to make decisions for ourselves, because that way were easier to control. And when you believe you constantly do things ...
Race is a known fiction-there is no genetic marker that indicates someones race-yet the social stigma of race endures. In the United States, ethnicity is often positioned as a counterweight to race, and we celebrate our various hyphenated-American identities. But Vilna Bashi Treitler argues that we do so at a high cost: ethnic thinking simply perpetuates an underlying racism. In The Ethnic Project, Bashi Treitler considers the ethnic history of the United States from the arrival of the English in North America through to the present day. Tracing the histories of immigrant and indigenous groups-Irish, Chinese, Italians, Jews, Native Americans, Mexicans, Afro-Caribbeans, and African Americans-she shows how each negotiates Americas racial hierarchy, aiming to distance themselves from the bottom and align with the groups already at the top. But in pursuing these ethnic projects these groups implicitly accept and perpetuate a racial hierarchy, shoring up rather than dismantling race and racism. Ultimately,
Often, we see many family and marriage issues, left unresolved or untreated, due to the social stigma and pride. This may have long-term strain in the relationship and may harm the wards of families. At Ascending Hope, we provide both 1-1 and family group counselling. Our sessions are geared to providing supportive feedback and gain insights to understand the underlying problems faced in the marriage, in hope to salvage it. We also have Coach Sophia Tan from Morphos International to equip volunteers with the skills to conduct counselling sessions. For those who want to seek help please contact +65 8776 2225 for more info.
A new study calls for a need to distinguish between self-arranged marriages among older adolescents and forced child marriages to protect teens from social stigma, parental backlash and punitive action
Our research shows that a lack of education and financial resources, social stigma and inaccessible physical infrastructure mean fewer people with disabilities are participating in politics in Africa.. ...
Weight gain is associated with the use of many psychotropic medications, including antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotic drugs, and may have serious long term consequences: it can increase health risks, specifically from overweight (BMI = 25-29.9 kg/m2) to obesity (BMI , or =30 kg/m2), according to Body Mass Index (BMI), and the morbidity associated therewith in a substantial part of patients (hypertension, coronary heart desease, ischemic stroke, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, respiratory problems, osteoarthritis, cancer); according to patients, psychosocial consequences such as a sense of demoralization, physical discomfort and being the target of substantial social stigma are so intolerable that they may discontinue the treatment even if it is effective ...
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Weight cycling, or yo-yo dieting, is common in our weight-conscious society. Its frequent antecedent, obesity, is the leading form of malnutrition in the developed world. Obesity is second only to smoking as a contributor to morbidity and mortality (1) and bears an undeserved social stigma. As with nicotine addiction, obesity is difficult but not impossible to prevent and treat. Although new molecular evidence (2) suggests that some persons have a genetic predisposition, the dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity from 25% to 35% in the past decade (3) must be caused by environmental factors such as physical inactivity, caloric increases, and smoking cessation. The Task Forces finding that metabolic effects of weight cycling are not worrisome will be less controversial than its finding that the data on mortality were inconclusive and should not deter the obese patient from losing weight. Faced with the same inconclusive mortality data and the high recidivism rate among patients who ...
Now, in this raw and riveting true story, Susan and the patients shes treated share the complex, anguished, and empowering emotions that drove their own choices. Hers is a calling that means sleeping on planes and commuting between clinics in different states - and that requires her to wear a bulletproof vest and to carry a .38 caliber revolver. This Common Secret reveals the truth about the reproductive health clinics that anti-abortion activists mischaracterize as damaging and unsafe. This intimate memoir explains how social stigma and restrictive legislation can isolate women who are facing difficult personal choices - and how we as a nation can, and must, support them ...
Forced to find ways to pay for their education, many young Russian women have taken to working in night clubs as dancers. But because of the social stigma attached to the work, most keep their night trade a secret.
Change is the only Constant. In todays rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain environment, one getting stressed is very common. It almost always goes unrecognized till it starts impacting daily routine. Like the human body, the human mind too is susceptible to fatigue and ill-health and needs rest and healing to stay healthy and happy. The mind, however, is often taken for granted and the need for help is not acknowledged due to lack of awareness and social stigma. ...
March 30, 2017. The vision of World Bipolar Day is to bring world awareness to bipolar disorders and to eliminate social stigma.. Find out more here: http://www.worldbipolarday.org. ...
Words matter a lot while communicating COVID 19; Unknowingly, we all may contribute to create social stigma and in turn virus spread.
The negative stigma on mental health is a serious issue in todays society, but before we can stop, smash or eliminate the stigma, we must know what we are fighting against. Read further for a better understanding of what it looks like to stigmatize menta