Self-stigma is intricately linked to shame and guilt, causing emotional pain that erodes self-worth while perpetuating societal stigma. Internalized stigma is an essential concept within mental health and emerges across various forms of discrimination. Traditionally, research has concentrated on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, leaving a gap in the understanding of self-stigma in other conditions like major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders. The reasons behind this focus may stem from the visibility of external stigma related to certain disorders, hindering comprehensive studies in less obvious areas.
Research on self-stigma in psychiatry has primarily focused on schizophrenia and related psychotic conditions, while conditions like major depressive disorder have received less attention.
Self-stigma serves to undermine self-worth from within, reinforcing societal stigma and perpetuating intergenerational transmission of hatred related to various -isms.
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