What Does Mental Health Stigma Mean? Mental health stigma involves marking and discrediting people due to their differences, which can instill feelings of shame or worthlessness. Those with mental ...

To be able to understand resiliency and how people continue showing up in their lives, we need to understand the common obstacles that get in the way and hold them back.

Even well-meaning doctors can perpetuate weight stigma. For instance, just calling a patient obese or overweight can be harmful, Bisbing says. "Using this word, they're medicalizing fatness and ...

Stigma-related behaviors, attitudes, knowledge, and general stigma were the primary outcomes. Empowerment and self-efficacy were secondary outcomes.