Large health disparities exist between stigmatized and nonstigmatized groups. In addition to
experiencing and anticipating greater discrimination, members of stigmatized groups also …

The current research provides a framework for understanding how concealable stigmatized
identities impact people's psychological well-being and health. The authors hypothesize that …

Concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) are devalued social identities or attributes, such
as mental illness, HIV+ status, and chronic illness, that can be kept concealed from others …

Understanding how stigmatized identities contribute to increased rates of depression and
anxiety is critical to stigma reduction and mental health treatment. There has been little …

Research on the effects of concealing a stigmatized identity on health outcomes is
remarkably mixed, with results showing both health costs and benefits to concealing. This …

This chapter introduces readers to the relatively new area of research on structural stigma
through addressing four issues. First, it defines structural stigma and describes how this …

Previous work shows that people with concealable stigmatized identities are at risk for
heightened psychological distress (depression and anxiety), and one predictor for increased …

Bodies of research pertaining to specific stigmatized statuses have typically developed in
separate domains and have focused on single outcomes at 1 level of analysis, thereby …

Experiencing and anticipating discrimination because one possesses a visible (eg, race) or
concealable (eg, mental illness) stigmatized identity has been related to increased …

There is growing recognition that stigma plays an important role in producing health
disparities between members of socially advantaged and disadvantaged (marginalized) …