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Pages: 542
Authors: J. Lorand Matory
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-02 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In Stigma and Culture, J. Lorand Matory provocatively shows how ethnic identification in the United States—and around the globe—is a competitive and hierarc
Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Roy Richard Grinker
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-26 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scien
Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS
Language: en
Pages: 425
Authors: Pranee Liamputtong
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-22 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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Up until now, many articles have been written to portray stigma and discrimination which occur with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in many parts of the wor
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Language: en
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Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-03 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders
Fat Shame
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Amy Erdman Farrell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-02 - Publisher: NYU Press

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A look at how fatness became a cultural stigma in the United States.