Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory skin disease that causes rashes on the of body, scalp and nails. People with psoriasis face variety psychosocial difficulties due to their illness. The quality life in deteriorates perceived stigmatization society person affected by may experience. Rashes, dandruff often considered subjectively worst aspect disease, as visible lesions change patien...

This study is an in-depth analysis of LGBT people’s experiences stigmatization, phenomenological qualitative study. people were contacted using snowball sampling. Data from 33 participants collected in face-to-face interviews the interview technique and semi-structured questionnaires. Content participants’ stigmatization identified three themes four subthemes: 'being LGBT; otherness', 'pretendi...

BACKGROUND Psychiatric patients carry the additional burden of stigma. METHODS The views of 300 psychiatric out-patients and day-patients and 100 mental health workers concerning stigma were sought. The control group comprised 50 cardiac out-patients. RESULTS A fair proportion of patients with schizophrenia or depression perceived that stigma had a negative effect on their self-esteem, rela...

Stigma has become an increasingly significant challenge for society. Recognition of this problem is indicated by the growing attention paid to it within management literature, which provide...

In the present response to commentaries on Remedios and Snyder (2015), we consider how to develop more inclusive intersectional theories of how women of color experience race and gender stigmatization. As the commentaries highlight, an intersectional literature of multiple stigmatization will benefit from inclusive approaches that consider multiple identity dimensions (beyond race and gender; C...

BACKGROUND Research on the impact of stigma associated with mental illness in children is scarce. Considering the known negative effects of stigma associated with mental illness in adults, it is crucial to explore the stigma experienced by children who access mental health treatment. However, no scale measuring self-stigmatization in younger children is available to date. This study aimed to de...