Feeling connected to community can alleviate the harmful health effects of chronic exposure to stigma for transgender and nonbinary people.

Research shows that focusing strictly on weight loss is not only ineffective in the long term, it can even be harmful and counterproductive.

Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.

Health care providers often dismiss endometriosis pain as ‘all in your head’ − which can delay a correct diagnosis and treatment for years.

Professor of Psychology Mark L. Hatzenbuehler’s course, “Stigma, Discrimination, and Health,” examines the wide-ranging problem that touches on sexuality, body weight, immigration, and poverty.

College athletes face a lot of stressors alongside high rates of stigma surrounding mental health issues, new research shows.

Black and Hispanic patients are 14% more likely to have judgment language in their home health care notes than are white patients.

In 1983, during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, the US Food and Drug Administration made the decision to ban gay men from donating blood. Now, 40 years later, it is dropping that rule.