A recovery-led lifestyle brand, We Recover Loudly, based in Bournemouth is challenging the stigma around sobriety this dry ...

Imagine living in a country where talking openly about depression or anxiety can cost you your job, your reputation, or even ...

Shame can shape how early patients get diagnosed, and how aggressively they pursue treatment, if at all. In a 2014 study, Dr.

Social media is filled with declarations of "Dry January," a month without alcohol framed as a reset, cleanse, or personal ...

Every January, it can seem like the pressure to lose weight enters full swing. Ads for diet supplements and weight loss drugs ...

For all of the progress we as a society have made in bringing mental illness out of the shadows, a stubborn stigma persists. That stigma prevents us from talking openly about mental health issues and ...

Unlike some health issues where illness is often openly discussed, mental health is vastly different: Many sufferers keep things to themselves. Whether they feel guilt, embarrassment or shame, silence ...

There were no significant associations between the use of ChatGPT for mental health support and anticipated stigma or ...

Peter Staley was at the top of his game when AIDS took off in New York City in the 1980s. He was a Wall Street bond trader and didn’t think the rumor about a disease affecting gay men was anything he ...

A diagnosis of cancer is hard enough. But if you have lung cancer, you’re also likely to face lung cancer stigma. Stigma refers to disapproval or discrimination that’s based on your diagnosis. The ...

Javeed Sukhera receives funding from Physician Services Incorporated and the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation ...