In a perspective published in Neuropsychopharmacology, leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help to reduce stigma and improve how ...
Jul 19, 2021
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Over 50% of adults surveyed across six different countries report experiencing weight stigma, and those who engage in self-stigma and self-blame for their weight are more likely to avoid healthcare, obtain less frequent checkups, ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Keeping people with dementia separated and secured is a common practice, based on the reasonable idea of safety first for the vulnerable. During this pandemic, however, contact with those in care homes, many of whom have ...
May 10, 2021
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A woman's body shape—not only the amount of fat—is what drives stigma associated with overweight and obesity.
Feb 17, 2021
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Opioid addiction is persistently stigmatized, delaying and preventing treatment for many—an urgent problem with overdose deaths continuing to rise. To help alleviate this, various medical ways of describing opioid-related ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Lung cancer kills more than 150,000 Americans each year, accounting for a quarter of all cancer deaths, and remains the nation's No. 1 cancer killer. Though few survive it—just 4.5% to 8% remain alive the five years following ...
Jan 5, 2021
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From the moment in January when she first heard about the new coronavirus, Suzanne Kathro worried about catching it. In mid-August, she did.
Sep 24, 2020
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Links between obesity and complications of COVID-19 have received increasing attention throughout the ongoing pandemic. But a different aspect of body weight—the social stigma that people face because of their weight—may ...
Sep 10, 2020
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The nation with the world's fourth-largest population, Indonesia, has become a target of criticism for its poor COVID-19 mitigation response that "does not value policy advice from external experts". This has contributed ...
Aug 27, 2020
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The 2019 report from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam focused on addressing different forms of stigma. Included in the report was one form of stigma—obesity or weight stigma—that has proven remarkably ...
Aug 6, 2020
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