Social stigma accompanies mental health issues in every society worldwide. It is a force that has shaped institutions, language and lives for centuries. Even as modern psychiatry offers effective trea ...

Many of us learn as children to diminish others in our beliefs or actions. This may be driven by low self-esteem, childhood trauma, being bullied, a lack of empathy or feelings of rejection or ...

Research has established that weight stigma is directly related to greater depressive and anxiety symptoms, with studies showing that the association between weight stigma and poor mental health is ...

Humor can make difficult topics easier to talk about—but it can also reinforce the stigma it seems to challenge. Here’s what ...

Glucagonlike peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications have taken over the national conversation around weight loss. From celebrity ...