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Julia Bascom
JustStimming
As a disabled person, my biggest concern is not "stigma." It's structural oppression. Absolutely, these things are related to/reinforce each other! But someone’s feelings about my disability become way less
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Dr. Skye Stephens
stephens_skye
1: Yesterday during @KaileyRoche thesis we spent a lot of time discussing stigma towards people w/ sexual interest in children as well as those who have been in conflict with
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Azooz | عزوز
Azza_Alt
Given the reductive takes on mental health being shared this week, let me just say this:This isn't about ~stigma~Mad folk aren't oppressed solely bc of people's personal attitudes. Our lives
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Mid Yorks Clinical Health Psych & Neuropsych Dept
MidYorksPsych
It's currently #nationalobesityweek. This week, our trainee psychologist Clare led a CPD session on the impact of weight stigma & discrimination. How can psychological science help us improve healthcare for
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Tade Thompson
tadethompson
Okay, a thread on Mental Health Problems. Sort of.Stigma.The word originates from both Greek and Latin and basically means 'mark' 'brand' .An identifying mark. When you judge people (and make
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Mark Mancini
MarkPMancini
I've never said this publicly, because I'm naturally private, but I suffer from depression. I have for many years, since I was 18. I know, by now, how to handle
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Prevention Access
PreventionAC
THREAD: Investing in the health & wellbeing of ppl w/HIV must be central to every effort to end the HIV epidemic. By increasing access & decreasing barriers to treatment, care,
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Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH
JuliaLMarcus
Instead of deterring risk behavior, stigma deters disclosure. People become afraid to share their exposures, symptoms, and test results with each other, with contact tracers. They avoid getting tested at
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One Parent Families Scotland
OPFS
THREAD/ Some ill-informed voices have reacted to the excellent news about free school meals in the holidays - and the efforts of @MarcusRashford to get the UK Government to rethink
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Jessica McCabe
HowtoADHD
Why I use person-first language (i.e. “student with ADHD”) and identity-first language (“ADHD student”) interchangeably: The order of the words isn’t the problem. The stigma is. Insisting on person first
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James Morris
jamesmorris24
You can view my SUAB talk here on alcohol stigma at 36mins in (including a minor coughing fit), as well as @LiviuAlexand on the importance of the wider socio-political factors
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Grown and Goofy
MommaLuvsManga
Everything I do, online or off, is for attention. I want to be seen. I want to be heard. I want to feel accepted. I believe that’s the whole point
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Shira Rose
theshirarose
When I was around 19 & roughly the weight I am now,I went to an endocrinologist bec my RD & I couldn’t figure out why I was my size given
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Sgt Dave
BustingCrimes
Suicide within the Police is on the increase. Unfortunately Policing is a job that takes its toll on people. Sometimes you know it’s affecting you, sometimes you don’t. Often the
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Meanwhile in Canada
MeanwhileinCana
THREADIt's #InternationalMensDay. Let's talk.• Men are 3 times more likely to take their own lives than women. Yet, men are less likely to access psychological therapies than women. We need
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Shaula Evans
ShaulaEvans
I feel like before the pandemic there was massive stigma around loneliness, that it was viewed as pathetic & a form of moral or social failing.Now that almost everyone is
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