In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers developed and validated the long coronavirus disease (COVID) stigma scale (LCSS) to quantify the burden of long COVID stigma in the United Kingdom ...

A new study has revealed that the majority of people living with long COVID experience some form of stigma directly related to their condition. An estimated 2.1 million people in the UK, 3.3% of the ...

Researchers in India have developed and validated a scale to measure stigma in a patient suffering from sickle cell disease and their caregivers. Described in a paper in The Lancet Regional Health ...

Stigma contributes to fear and shame, resulting in delays in care-seeking behavior among individuals with cancer. As a social construct, stigma is affected by language, religion, culture, and local ...

Mental health stigma refers to societal disapproval or when society places shame on people who live with a mental illness or seek help for emotional distress, such as anxiety, depression, bipolar ...

India accounts for the second-highest prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) globally, following sub-Saharan Africa. However, not much research has been done, and no stigma measurement tool was ...

“Burnout” among mental health clinicians is a condition of great concern in psychology. Characterized by emotional exhaustion, disengagement from one’s work, and a cynicism about one’s ability to help ...