Stigma

Although key steps have been taken to improve access to naloxone for the acute treatment of opioid overdose, more work is needed to overcome the stigma associated with the root cause — substance use disorder.

In this episode, host Hansa Bhargava, MD, discusses opioid awareness, the stigma surrounding the opioid crisis and the resources for intervention with David A. Fiellin, MD.

Health care professionals are more likely to experience mental health issues than other workers in the United States, but the stigma they face often deters them from seeking treatment, leading to tragic outcomes, a speaker said.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Stefanie Simmons, MD, FACEP, chief medical officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, discusses the Frontline Connect toolkit.

SAN DIEGO —– New daily persistent headache presents itself relatively early in life, is commonly triggered by stress and leads to stigma and disability, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Stigma has a major impact on mental health and quality of life for pediatric patients with chronic skin diseases, according to a study.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses how obesity awareness has evolved since obesity was recognized as a disease in 2013.

Yoga therapy significantly reduced the felt stigma of epilepsy along with improving anxiety and quality of life at 6 months compared to sham, according to research presented in Neurology.

Healio spoke with Erin Furr Stimming, MD, about the impact of Huntington's disease awareness among providers and the general public.

High rates of physician suicide are a devastating reality that require multiple solutions, according to experts.