Prevalence and Associated Factors of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Stigma among Health Care Workers in Contact with COVID-19 Patients.  Zandifar A, Badrfam R, Mohammadian Khonsari N, Mohammadi MR, Asayesh H, Qorbani M.  Iran J Psychi…

Stress and Stigmatization in Health-Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. GV, Makarevich OV, Neznanov NG, Morozov PV, Lutova NB, Mazo GE.   Indian J Psychiatry. 2020 Sep;62(Suppl 3):S445-S453. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiat…

Social Stigmatization of Drug Abusers in a Developing Country: A Cross-Sectional Study.  Khalid F, Jaan A, Aslam MMS, Ahmed Z, Raheem A, Bodla ZH, Basit A, Hussain B, Iftikhar A, Tayyeb M, Khalid A, Rehman U.  Cureus. 2020 Sep 26;12(9):e…

“You Are Now Entering a Guilt-free Zone” D. Robin Taylor, M.D., D.Sc. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2103-2105, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2003459 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2003459

USA. Stop the Stigma. Tackling the Stigma of Addiction through Education - a disease not a moral failing. Stigma refers to when individuals are discriminated against, devalued, rejected or excluded as a result of belonging to a particular…

Announcing the Lancet Commission on stigma and discrimination in mental health  Graham Thornicroft, Charlene Sunkel  The Lancet, Volume 0, Issue 0 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32203-0/fulltext