The seven main types of stigma include public, self, perceived, label, structural, health practitioner, and associative. It involves assigning people with certain traits and can have harmful effects ...

Over the past few decades, we’ve come a long way in how we view and talk about mental health. And that should come as no surprise, because 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental health ...

In today’s society, weight and body size are often unfairly scrutinized, leading to inaccurate assumptions about a person's worth, character, or health. This bias is known as weight stigma—the ...