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PubMed1984

[Van Gogh, the stigmatized man of the society].

After briefly recalling the labelling theory of deviant behaviour (criminality, mental pathology), the authors set out to illustrate the relationship between madness and stigma by analyzing the biography and letters of Vincent Van Gogh. They conclude that the artist interiorized the process of family and social stigmatization owing to a particular psychological preparatory ground originating from the circumstances of his birth.

Antisocial Personality Disorder↗
PubMed2006

Stigmatization of anorexia nervosa.

OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the perceptions about an individual with anorexia nervosa (AN) relative to perceptions about a healthy person and a person with another mental or nonmental illness. METHOD: Ninety-one participants recruited from the community completed questionnaires targeting perceptions about 4 individuals: a healthy person, a person with asthma, a person with schizophrenia, and a person with AN. RESULTS: Evaluations of personal characteristics were most negative for persons with AN. Participants believed the person with AN was most to blame for his/her condition, was best able to pull him/herself together if he/she wanted to, and was most acting this way for attention and that biological factors were least relevant in developing the illness. CONCLUSION: Negative perceptions of a person with AN fell into stigma categories of self-attribution and responsibility. These attitudes may contribute to reluctance to seek treatment among individuals with AN.

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PubMed1989

Stigmatization of persons with AIDS: results of a survey of public sector personnel managers.

Public and private sector organizations increasingly are being faced with problems arising from AIDS in the workplace. As with the AIDS epidemic generally, experts have stressed the need for organizations to mount educational programs to combat the spread of AIDS and the fear it engenders. Support of top management and leadership are considered essential for the effectiveness of AIDS education programs in the workplace. This paper presents the survey findings of a national probability sample of local government personnel officers, persons who are likely to be key actors in the development and implementation of AIDS education and counseling efforts in their municipalities. Responses to the mail questionnaire indicate that there is considerable AIDS awareness among municipal personnel officers, but that there also exists strong negative attitudes toward persons with AIDS and an unwillingness to interact socially with these people, even in workplace situations where there is no threat of transmission of the AIDS virus. These findings raise concerns about the current climate for development of effective AIDS education programs and other policies for rank-and-file workers in many local government settings.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1997

The socio-spatial stigmatization of homelessness and HIV/AIDS: toward an explanation of the NIMBY syndrome.

A central element of community response to controversial human service facilities is the socio-spatial construction of stigma. This paper develops a conceptual framework for understanding the constitution and role of stigma in community rejection of human services, particularly those associated with homelessness and HIV/AIDS. Three facets of stigma concerning homelessness and HIV/ AIDS (non-productivity, dangerousness, and personal culpability) are offered as a way of understanding the rising tide of community rejection toward human service facilities.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1997

Stigmatization, HIV/AIDS, and communities of color: exploring response to human service facilities.

HIV and AIDS are rapidly becoming leading causes of death for men and women in large cities across the US. Epidemiological data indicate that persons of color in particular have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. The continuing growth in the incidence of HIV/AIDS among persons of color implies that human service facilities will be needed in close proximity. However, there has been little research exploring response to human service facilities associated with HIV/AIDS in communities of color. This paper explores community response to facilities associated with HIV/AIDS by analyzing in-depth interviews with fifteen Vietnamese and Latino/Latina informal opinion leaders in Orange County, California. These interviews indicate that the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS emanates to a large degree from the social construction of "HIV/AIDS as homosexuality". Even with the deviance and marginalization associated with HIV/AIDS, however, creative coping strategies have been developed by families within the Latino and Vietnamese communities to enable the maintenance of family ties with persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed2004

Stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness and allocation of resources to mental health services.

This study tests a social psychological model (Skitka & Tetlock, 1992). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 28, 491-522; [1993]. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 65, 1205-1223 stating that policy maker decisions regarding the allocation of resources to mental health services are influenced by their attitudes towards people with mental illness and treatment efficacy. Fifty four individuals participated in a larger study of education about mental health stigma. Participants completed various measures of resource allocation preferences for mandated treatment and rehabilitation services, attributions about people with mental illness, and factors that influence allocation preferences including perceived treatment efficacy. Results showed significant attitudinal correlates with resource allocation preferences for mandated treatment, but no correlates to rehabilitation services. In particular, people who pity people with mental illness as well as those that endorse coercive and segregated treatments, were more likely to rate resource allocation to mandated care as important. Perceived treatment efficacy was also positively associated with resource allocation preferences for mandated treatment. A separate behavioral measure that involved donating money to NAMI was found to be inversely associated with blaming people for their mental illness and not being willing to help them. Implications of these findings on strategies that seek to increase resources for mental health programs are discussed.

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