Health systems have improved their abilities to identify, diagnose, treat and, increasingly,
achieve viral suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Despite these advances, a …

Introduction The COVID-19 epidemic and various control and mitigation measures to combat
the widespread outbreak of the disease may affect other parts of health care systems. There …

HIV stigma and discrimination are a major challenge facing people living with HIV (PLHIV)
globally. As part of a larger qualitative study with PLHIV in Yogyakarta and Belu, Indonesia …

Substance dependence is a prevalent and urgent public health problem. In 2021, 60 million
Americans reported abusing alcohol within the month prior to being surveyed, and nearly 20 …

Stigma changes over time: it waxes and wanes through history, is manifested within humans
who develop over time and is tied to statuses (such as attributes, illnesses and identities) …

This article examines the relationship between poverty and mental health problems. We
draw on the experience of Glasgow, our home city, which contains some of Western …

The stigma of men's mental illness has been described as having wide-reaching and
profound consequences beyond the condition [s] itself. Stigma negatively impacts men's …

In the past decade, the Philippines has gained notoriety as the country with the fastest-
growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the Western Pacific region. While …

Background Health-related stigma is a complex phenomenon, the experience of which
intersects with those of other adversities arising from a diversity of social inequalities and …

Perceived stigmatization places a large psychosocial burden on patients with some skin
conditions. Little is known about the experience of stigmatization across a wide range of skin …