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 ...

I am grateful for the anonymous peer-reviewer of one of my manuscripts several years ago, who provided a critique of my own imprecision in discussing mental health stigma; their comment inspired ...

Experiences of health-related stigma can discourage people from seeking medical treatment and can adversely affect their mental and physical well-being. Research suggests that up to half of people ...

Mental health conditions affect millions of people worldwide, but harmful stereotypes—like the idea that people with mental illness are dangerous or weak—still shape how these conditions are ...

Migraine can impact many aspects of a person's life, but less is known about how feelings of stigma about the disease affect quality of life. For people with migraine, these feelings of stigma were ...