Historically, many cultures associated mental illness with demonic possession, sin, or weakness of will. In cultures influenced by Christianity, widespread beliefs in a holy soul housed by a material ...
Asmita Manchha is employed as a Research Fellow in the Bolton Clarke Research Institute. Her views are her own as a researcher and do not represent the views of the aged care provider she is ...
Ramya Ramadurai, a Ph.D. graduate student in clinical psychology at American University, contributed to this post. Stigma is defined as a mark of shame or discredit. Through sociological labelling ...
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Beverley O'Hara is affiliated with The Association for the Study of Obesity. Jordan Beaumont receives funding from NIHR. He is affiliated with the Association for the Study of Obesity. But while these ...
In today’s society, weight and body size are often unfairly scrutinized, leading to inaccurate assumptions about a person's worth, character, or health. This bias is known as weight stigma—the ...